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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