Activity design representationsScaffolding assessment and outcome design at the activity levelAndrew Brasher, Peter Devine, Lisette Toetenel, Gill Macmillan, Sue Lowe, Katharine Reedy

Contents• Introduction (10 minutes)• Design work in groups (30 minutes)• Discussion (15 minutes)

Conceptualize / Re-conceptualizePrototype

Run

Investigate / Re-investigate

Evaluate

Design cycle

Roles

Activity vocabularyTasks Tools &

ResourcesOutputs Learning

Outcomes

Time,Workload,Rationale

Interactive media activity vocabulary

Your task• Design an online activity to introduce students to the field of learning

design

Aim to introduce students to Some of these concepts

..and enable students to reach some of these Learning Outcomes

LO1: Your knowledge and understanding of choices that practitioners make about ways of applying technologies for a variety of learners across the globe in education, training or professional development.LO2: Your knowledge and understanding of current debates and some of the key theories that practitioners draw on in the field of technology-enhanced learning.LO3: Your ability to use and evaluate particular technologies and tools for individual and collaborative learning.LO4: Your ability to draw on a range of evidence to support the choices you make in designing learning activities or creating a specification for a module or training package.

Student personasAbila, looking for a way up

Tell us a bit about yourself

I’m 30. I’m a single mum, living in with my daughter at my parents’ house. My grandmother also lives with us. I work shifts at a care home, so it’s great that my mum and gran can help out with Nita

Have you got any qualifications?

I got five GCSEs but then I left school to get married.

What is your ambition?

I’ve taken control of my life. A good qualification will help me get a better life for me and Nita.

Why didn’t you go to university?

I was married with a baby, so it wasn’t an option for me. And girls didn’t go to university in my community.

What do you want to know?

What will studying be like? Will I be able to do it?How long will it take? Where do I have to attend?Will it help me to get a better job?

How did you find out about the OU?

Some adverts dropped out of the newspaper. And someone mentioned it at work.

Discussion(How) did the representations work for you?

Discussion around topics such as.• the quality and utility of the representations for sharing ideas, • usefulness of the representations as part of the design process.

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