Elizabeth ParkinHead of Management and Business Systems University of Bedfordshire Business School

Extreme Course Design:Making step changes in the learner

experience

Today

• Why do you want to innovate? To do extreme course design?

• How do you do it? How do you stimulate ideas?

• How do you manage your stakeholders?

Origins of the Practice-Based Vision

• Improve employability of our students• Define and improve the student experience• Strategic differentiation of the Business School

So why are you doing it?

What are your objectives / ambitions for your course?

• Existing programme?• New course?

• Group of 2-4 and share your ambitions• How do you want to make a difference?

How we did it?

Conventional Course Structure – and Thinking

How we did it (sort of)

• Creative, free-thinking group of people interested in teaching and learning

• Everything is possible• No units or modules - no rectangles!– Spend weeks to design the course and

assessment– Then divide into units

• Checking the direction and soundness with Director of T&L as ideas develop

• Engaging with wider Faculty staff team and employers as we go

Students can select a combination of integrated and specialised projects

‘Undergraduate Third YearSweet Shop’ Approach

Subject specific individualProject.

Subject area

Core component

Core componentCore component

PRACTICE

WEEK

PRACTICE

WEEK

Exit to work

“Outduction”

ASSESSMENT

CENTRE

PREPARATORY

PROJECT Practice unit

Mix of mini units and large integrated Practice and subject specialist project

Business Studies Integrated Management 30 credits

HRM Practice 30 creditsProject Management Practice 30 credits

Business Practice Portfolio30 credits

Dissertation in Business30 credits

Business Analytics 30 credits

PWAssessment Centre

Myers Briggs

Year 3 BA (Hons) Business Studies

Decision Modelling 30 credits

Marketing 30 credits

PAT

PAT

PAT

EasterNew YearTerm Start

International Management 30 credits

Financial Management 30 credits

Practice Week The

Future You

15 credits

Strategy & Creativity15 credits

How we did it 2

Inspiration:

Kaos Pilots

http://www.kaospilot.dk/

Stakeholder Management

What are stakeholders?

Who are they?

Stakeholder Management

Johnson and Scholes, Exploring Corporate Strategy

Enjoy it!