learning design in the open: rethinking our courses for tomorrow's learners

Learning design in the open:rethinking our courses for

tomorrow’s learners

A pre-conference workshop at Online Educa BerlinBy Gabi Witthaus and Ming Nie,

Beyond Distance Research Alliance, 28 Nov 2012

http://tinyurl.com/oeb-learningdesign

Video Link: http://tinyurl.com/speedintro

Background

Grainne ConoleAle Armellini

Carpe Diem

www.le.ac.uk/carpediem

Content (under the appropriate licences)

Format

Text & graphics

Audio VideoSlides (e.g.

PowerPoint)

Other (e.g. Adobe

Presenter)

What I find and reuse as is

What I find, tweak and use

What I find, repurpose and use

What I create for this module

Open University Learning Design Initiative

Activity profile

Course map

Course dimensionsTask swimlaneTask swimlane

Learning outcomes

www.open.ac/uk/blogs/OULDI

OULDI + Carpe Diem

Open University Learning Open University Learning Design Initiative (OULDI)Design Initiative (OULDI) Leicester’s Carpe DiemLeicester’s Carpe Diem

The 7Cs of design and The 7Cs of design and delivery frameworkdelivery framework

Cascading institutions: Cascading institutions: Leicester, SAIDE, SPEEDLeicester, SAIDE, SPEED

The 7Cs framework

ConceptualiseWhat do we want to design, who for and why?

ConsolidateEvaluate and embed your design

tinyurl.com/7Cs-diagram

Case study of a 7Cs course: SPEED project

tinyurl.com/speed-website

Objective of SPEED

To help staff and academics enhance To help staff and academics enhance student engagement through improved student engagement through improved

use of technologies in learning design and use of technologies in learning design and deliverydelivery

E-tivities at the heart of the 7Cs

Gilly Salmon

Structure of SPEED course

• Topics:– Course Design– Activity Design– Moderating Online Groups

• Duration: – At least 30 hours’ worth of e-tivities– Participants choose from the course “menu”

tinyurl.com/speed-course

speedprojectblog.wordpress.com

SPEED blog

VLE for SPEED participants

Summary: key SPEED links

• YouTube video introducing SPEED: http://tinyurl.com/speedintro • SPEED website: tinyurl.com/speed-website • Background to the 7Cs: tinyurl.com/7Cs-diagram• SPEED course outline & links to resources: tinyurl.com/speed-course • SPEED blog: speedprojectblog.wordpress.com• Carpe Diem website: www.le.ac.uk/carpediem• OULDI website: www.open.ac/uk/blogs/OULDI

Consider your course features

E-tivity Rubric: http://tinyurl.com/SPEED-e4

Purpose: To consider the both the look and feel of the course you want to develop, and the desired nature of the learners’ experience.

E-tivity Rubric: http://tinyurl.com/SPEED-e4

Start End

Assessment

Learning Outcomes

Develop your storyboard (example 1)

E-tivity Rubric: http://tinyurl.com/SPEED-e8

Purpose: To develop a storyboard for your course in which the learning outcomes are aligned with the assessment events, contents and e-tivities.

Develop your storyboard (example 2)

Analyse your activity profile

E-tivity Rubric: http://tinyurl.com/SPEED-e6

Activity Profile Flash Widget

Purpose: To consider the balance of activity types that will be included in your course.

Do a learning design resource audit

E-tivity Rubric: http://tinyurl.com/SPEED-e9

Purpose: To decide how you will source the content for your module/course, including the possibility of incorporating OERs produced elsewhere.

OER Search

• Search for one key phrase for your module/course in:– OER Commons: www.oercommons.org– JorumOpen: http://open.jorum.ac.uk – Xpert: http://xpert.nottingham.ac.uk – Open Courseware Consortium: www.ocwconsortium.org– OU LabSpace: http://labspace.open.ac.uk – Google with usage rights filter (“free to use, share or

modify”): www.google.com/advanced_search – Any repository listed at:

http://wikieducator.org/OER_Handbook/educator/Find/General_repositories

• Compare your search results with your colleagues.

Copyright for OERs

• JISC OER info kit: – https://

openeducationalresources.pbworks.com/w/page/24836480/Home

• Understanding Licensing and IPR for OER Projects– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BWqgVpcHCs

• JISC take down policy: – http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/themes/

content/sca/templatenoticetakedown.pdf

References

Conole, G. (2012). Designing for Learning in an Open World. London: Springer.

Salmon, G. (2011). E-moderating: the key to online teaching and learning. New York: Routledge

Background image by Pekka Tamminen on Flickr

Thank you!

Gabi.Witthaus@le.ac.ukMing.Nie@le.ac.uk

www.le.ac.uk/beyonddistance