The Blended Design Workshop
Brunel University 11th November 2009
The Blended Design Workshop
Brunel University 11th November 2009
Arrival ActivityArrival Activity• Welcome! As you settle
in, please take some time to identify your personal objectives, and agree team objectives for today. Write these (no more than 6!) on the flip chart paper. If you have time add these to the Activity 1 Cloud on the workshop Cloudscape.
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AgendaAgenda
Course conception
Course delivery
Course refinement
Learning activity
Block or module
Course
Gather Assemble
Run
EvaluateAdapt
Vision
Design Lifecycle
Blended Learning at Brunel
Blended Learning at Brunel
Derek MilliganDirector of Academic Programme
Development Registry
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Activity 2: 20 mins: How to ruin a course
Activity 2: 20 mins: How to ruin a course
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1.Add your list to the Activity 2 Cloud as ‘Extra content’ (make sure you name your team).
2. Read the other teams’ lists
3. Discuss similarities and differences by posting a comment
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Activity 3: 40 mins: Create an ‘at a glance’ representation of your module
Activity 3: 40 mins: Create an ‘at a glance’ representation of your moduleThen: Using the workshop Slideshare account and the embed function on Cloudworks add your ‘at a glance’ representation to your team’s Cloud
Guidance & support
Evidence & demonstration
Communication & interaction
Information & experience
Thinking & reflection
Schema for mapping pedagogies and technologiesSchema for mapping pedagogies and technologies
Conole, G. ‘New Schemas for Mapping Pedagogies and Technologies’ Ariadne 30 July 2008 Issue 56
Curriculum mapping
Guidance and support “Learning pathway”Course structure and timetableCourse calendar, study guide, tutorials
Information and experience “Content and activities”Could include course materials, prior experience or student generated contentReadings, DVDs, podcasts, lab or field work, placements
Communication and interaction
“Dialogue”Social dimensions of the course, interaction with other students and tutorsCourse forum, email
Thinking and reflection “Meta-cognition”Internalisation and reflection on learningIn-text questions, notebook, blog, e-portfolio,
Evidence and demonstration
“Assessment”Diagnostic, formative and summativeMultiple choice quizzes, TMAs, ECA
Information & experience
Online
Physical (or face to face) components
Evidence & demonstration
Online
Physical components
Thinking & reflection
Online
Physical components
Communication & interaction
Online
Physical components
Guidance & support
Online
Physical components
MJ
‘At a glance’ view‘At a glance’ view
10Mick Jones & Grainne Conole
1. Using 3 tools, thoroughly review your ‘at a glance’ vision
2. Make a list of the changes you will make as a consequence of the review
3. Upload the list to the team Cloud
Activity 4: 30 mins: Design Review
Activity 4: 30 mins: Design Review
Reflective review toolsReflective review tools
How to Ruin a Course
Checklist
Design decision assistant
Pedagogy profile
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Stalls activity: 40 minutesStalls activity: 40 minutesLearning outcomes:•Develops Learning Design networks •Develops individual knowledge in an aspect of learning design/ e-pedagogy •Broadens teams' knowledge base in aspects of learning design/e-pedagogy
Stalls
OERs
Visualisation
Accessibility, Library& media
Pedagogy (incl. assessment)
Activity 6: 90mins: Visualising designsActivity 6: 90mins: Visualising designs
• In your teams, making best use of the stalls, your specialists and the tools, draw a learning design for your module.
• Include links or details of activities, resources and tools you will use at each stage of the module
Using the workshop’s Slideshare or Flickr account, embed images of your visualised module design onto your team’s Cloud
Activity 7:30 mins: Evaluation
Activity 7:30 mins: Evaluation
1. Review one other design and compare with your own. What did the other team do differently and what aspects are the same?
2. Identify 2 things you like about the other design and one development point (add this feedback to their Cloud)
3. Identify 2 things you like about your own design and one thing you will change (add this to your own Cloud)
Final activity: Workshop evaluation and next stepsFinal activity: Workshop
evaluation and next stepsUse the post-it notes to answer the following
questions:• Were your personal objectives met?• Were your team objectives met?• What 3 words would you use to describe Cloudworks?• What 3 words would you use to describe
CompendiumLD?• What did you like about the workshop format?• What didn’t you like, or would change?• What actions will you take as a result of this workshop?
• OER, patters and learning design–http://e4innovation.com/?p=324
• Curriculum representation–http://e4innovation.com/?p=312
• Pedagogy schema–http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue56/
conole/
Further InformationFurther Information
• Olnet–http://olnet.org
• OULDI–http://ouldi.open.ac.uk
• Cloudworks–http://cloudworks.ac.uk
• CompendiumLD–http://compendiumld.open.ac.uk
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