The 7Cs of Learning Design: A Pilot Workshop

Slides by Gabi Witthaus, based on two Carpe Diem-OULDI workshops: one with SAIDE (South African Institute for Distance Education), and one with

the Beyond Distance Research Alliance, March-April 2012.

Background info and more resources available from http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloudscape/view/2409

Picture by mckaysavage on flickr

E-tivity 1: Consider your Course Features

E-tivity 2: Develop your Course Map

E-tivity 3: Develop your Activity Profile

E-tivity 4: Develop your Storyboard (including

assessment plans)

E-tivity 5: Do a Learning Design Resource Audit

E-tivity 6: Develop your e-tivities

E-tivity 7: Put it all together on the VLE/

LMS

E-tivity 8:Action Planning

In course teams, before the workshop: • Create your own Course Mission Statement• Write+-6 high-level outcome statements for your course• Commit to whole process, including putting your hands on VLE

Note: This workshop is structured around eight e-tivities, which are done in course teams. This diagram gives an overview of the e-tivities. Each e-tivity will require frequent cross-checking and updating of outputs of earlier e-tivities, especially those within same-colour groups. E-tivity 8 may lead back to any or all of the outputs of previous e-tivities. The whole flow can be done in a face-to-face workshop (2-3 full days) or online (over 2-3 weeks). If done online, the e-tivities are done by course teams asynchronously, and there is a synchronous session in between each e-tivity to reflect on the previous e-tivity and prepare for the next one. Whether conducted face-to-face or online, all e-tivities are done in a Wiki, which is created for participants before the workshop begins.

Reality check by learner/ peer

Background to the workshop: a brief web tour

• Carpe Diem website: www.le.ac.uk/carpediem • OULDI website: http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/OULDI/• 7Cs OER page: http://tinyurl.com/uol-7Cs-oers • Cloudworks cloudscape: http://

cloudworks.ac.uk/cloudscape/view/2409 • More about Cloudworks (from Cambridge blog):

http://tinyurl.com/cloudworks-cam • VLE for this workshop [Facilitator to provide]

[Participants to fill this space ]

Silent brainstorm: How to ruin a course

When you are finished, you might want to add your points to http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/2597

E-tivity 1: Consider your Course Features

Intro to E-tivity 1: Consider your Course Features

Course Features E-tivity Rubric: http://tinyurl.com/coursefeatures-uol

Course Features viewed on Linoit.com (unsorted)

This canvas is available (read-only) at http://tinyurl.com/linoit-coursefeatures . You can create your own canvases by opening a free account at www.linoit.com .

Course Features – additional resources

• Course features explanation in JISC DesignStudio: http://tinyurl.com/coursefeatures

• Course features instructions on Cloudworks: http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/5950

• Course Features resources (Leicester), including cut-out cards in Excel: http://tinyurl.com/coursefea-uol

Note: in some resources, “Course Features” are referred to as “Pedagogical Features”.

Reflection on Course Features e-tivity

• Did individuals in the teams have different views on any of these key aspects? If so, what were these?

• Did you understand any of the terms in different ways? If so, what were these?

• Did you have any ideas as to what the colours represented? See next slide ;-)

• Did you have significantly more or fewer of any colour? What might be the implications for learners of this?

Course Features Key

• Green = collaboration and communication• Blue = content and student experience• Purple = reflection and demonstration• Orange = guidance and support

E-tivity 2: Develop your Course Map

Brainstorm: What are discussion forums, blogs and wikis good for?

Discussion forums Blogs Wikis

[Participants to fill this space ]

Intro to E-tivity 2: Develop your Course Map

Course Map E-tivity Rubric: http://tinyurl.com/coursemap-uol

Course Map Template

Course Map template in Word format: http://tinyurl.com/coursemap-uol

http://tinyurl.com/coursemap-flickr

Course Map – the Categories Explained

Course map – additional resources

• Course map explanation in JISC DesignStudio: www.tinyurl.com/coursemap-ds

• Course map instructions on Cloudworks: www.tinyurl.com/coursemap-cloudworks

• Cambridge blog on Course Map: http://tinyurl.com/coursemap-cam

• Course Map resources (Leicester): http://tinyurl.com/coursemap-uol

Reflection on Course Map E-tivity

• Which quadrants were easier to fill in? Which were more difficult?

• Did you make any changes to your Course Features lists as a result of your Course Map?

• Is your Course Map aligned with your course mission statement and overarching outcomes?

• Are there aspects of the Course Map that you would like to return to later in the workshop?

Surprises Great Discoveries

Frustrations Highlights

Silent brainstorm – How’s the course going so far? Add your comments:[Participants to fill this space ]

E-tivity 3: Develop your Activity Profile

Intro to E-tivity 3: Develop your Activity Profile

E-tivity 3 rubric: http://tinyurl.com/activityprofile-uol

Activity Profile – key

Activity Profile – additional resources

• Flash version (saves as JPEG and cannot be edited afterwards): http://tinyurl.com/ActivityProfileFlash

• Excel version: http://tinyurl.com/ActivityProfileExcel • Activity profile explanation in JISC DesignStudio:

www.tinyurl.com/activity-profile-ds• Activity profile instructions on Cloudworks:

www.cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/3420• Cambridge blog on activity profile: http://

tinyurl.com/activityprofile-cam • Activity profile resources (Leicester): http

://tinyurl.com/activityprofile-uol Note: in some resources the Activity Profile is referred to as the Pedagogy Profile.

Salmon’s five-stage model

Gilly Salmon, 2009: http://tinyurl.com/Salmon-five-stage-model

Reflection on Activity Profile E-tivity

• Were there any surprises for your group in the way your profile turned out?

• Did you feel that different activity types were needed at different stages in your course (in terms of Salmon’s 5-stage model)?

• Is your Activity Profile aligned with your course mission statement, overarching outcomes and Course Map?

• Are there aspects of the Activity Profile that you would like to return to later in the workshop?

E-tivity 4: Develop your Storyboard (including

assessment plans)

Brainstorm: Learning Outcomes

“Soft” outcome verbs “Hard” outcome verbs

AppreciateUnderstand

ArgueCreate

[Participants to add to these columns]

Assessment plans (to be discussed in course teams)1. WHAT must be assessed?

2. We would like to assess in THESE WAYS (e.g. through an exam, assignment, etc):

3. We would rather NOT assess in these ways: 4. We will exploit technology for formative and summative assessment by… (e.g. by

setting up a multiple-choice exam on our VLE; by providing formative feedback on e-tivities):

5. The work done during the course will contribute to formative and summative

assessment in these ways:

6. Formative feedback will be offered by tutors and peers in these ways and using these technologies:

7. Peer-assessment will be built into our course as follows:

Intro to E-tivity 4: Develop your Storyboard

Storyboard E-tivity rubric: http://tinyurl.com/storyboard-uol

Storyboard Template Viewed on Linoit.com

This canvas is available (read-only) at http://tinyurl.com/linoit-storyboardview . You can create your own canvases by opening a free account at www.linoit.com .

Storyboard – Additional Resources

• Outcomes verbs selection – CogenT toolkit (University of Gloucestershire) : http://tinyurl.com/outcomes-verbs

• Learning Outcomes view activity (OULDI): http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/4036

• Storyboard resources (Leicester): www.tinyurl.com/storyboard-uol

Reflection on Storyboard e-tivity

• Does your Storyboard reflect the alignment of your outcomes, assessment, content and learning activities?

• Did you make any changes to your Course Features, Course Map and Activity Profile while developing the Storyboard?

• Are there aspects of the Storyboard that you would like to return to later in the workshop?

E-tivity 5: Do a Learning Design Resource Audit

Design Low-cost Enhancement

Strategic Enhancement

Delivery Rapid Enhancement

PlannedEnhancement

Used as is(Just-in-time)

Repurposed(Structured)

OER

Curr

icul

umDiscuss: How are you reusing OERs?

Armellini and Nie, 2012 (http://tinyurl.com/LDRA-uol )

Intro to E-tivity 5: Learning Design Resource Audit

Learning Design Resource Audit E-tivity Rubric: http://tinyurl.com/ldra-uol

FormatContent (under the appropriate licences)

Text & graphics Audio Video Slides (e.g. PowerPoint)

Other (e.g. Adobe Presenter)

What I find and reuse as is

OER for section 1.Reflective task from source Z.Guidelines on assignment writing.

Podcast for section 3. iTunesU resources for sections 1 and 7.

Slideshare resource for section 5.

Organisation X’s website.

What I find, tweak and use

OER for section 2. Assessment rubric from W.

What I find, repurpose and use OER for section 3. New podcast based on

X. Slides adapted from resource Y.

What I create for this module

Introduction to all sections of the module. 5 e-tivities. Summaries.Assessment rubrics.

5 to 8-minute summaries of key points per section. Advice and guidance for assessment. Feedback on draft assignments.

A 5-minute talking head to introduce the programme and the academic team.

Support slides for sections 4, 7 and 8.

Detailed presentations for sections 2, 3 and 6.

Example of a Completed LD Resource Audit

OER search mini-workshop

1. Search for one key phrase for your course in:a) OER Commons: www.oercommons.org b) JorumOpen: http://open.jorum.ac.uk c) Xpert: http://xpert.nottingham.ac.uk d) Open Courseware Consortium: www.ocwconsortium.orge) OU LabSpace: http://labspace.open.ac.uk/ f) Google with usage rights filter (“Free to use share or modify”):

http://www.google.com/advanced_search g) Or any repository listed at

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

2. Then compare search results with your colleagues.

Learning Design Resource Audit: additional resources

• JISC OER Infokit: http://tinyurl.com/jisc-oer-infokit • For guidance and resources on attribution of OERs

and CC-licensed images, see: http://www.scoop.it/t/baked-in-licences/

• Learning Design Resource Audit resources (Leicester): www.tinyurl.com/ldra-uol

Reflection on Learning Design Resource Audit

• How has the resource audit contributed to the development of your course?

• Did you identify any gaps that could be filled by OERs? If yes, how do you intend to use OERs in terms of the 4 quadrants: rapid, strategic, low-cost or planned enhancement?

• Did you make any changes to your Course Map, Activity Profile or Storyboard while doing the resource audit?

• What further work remains to be done on the resource audit?

Brainstorm: What progress have you made on your course so far?

Course Team 1 [Name of course] Course Team 2 [Name of course] Course Team 3 [Name of course]

[Participants to add to the relevant columns]

E-tivity 6: Develop your e-tivities

Intro to E-tivity 6: Develop your e-tivities

“Develop your E-tivities” E-tivity Rubric: http://tinyurl.com/etivity-uol

E-tivities development – additional resources

• “Develop your E-tivities” resources (Leicester), including “How to create e-tivities” and Reality Checker’s Form: http://tinyurl.com/etivity-uol

• Task swimlane activity (another way of designing at the learning activity level): http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/3421

• Information literacy cards on JISC DesignStudio (for embedding information literacy in e-tivities): http://tinyurl.com/infolit-cards

Questions for reflection on E-tivities development

• Have you clearly articulated the main assessment tasks for this course?

• Do the e-tivities reflect clear alignment with the outcomes and the assessment tasks?

• Do you need to make any changes to your Course Map, Activity Profile, Storyboard or Learning Design Resource Audit to ensure better alignment with the e-tivities?

• What did you learn from your Reality Checker? (E-tivities Reality Checker’s Form available at www.tinyurl.com/etivity-uol)

E-tivity 7: Put it all together on the VLE/

LMS

Intro to E-tivity 7: “Put it all together on the VLE”

“Put it all together on the VLE” E-tivity Rubric: http://tinyurl.com/vle-uol

An example VLE (LMS) design

“Put it all together on the VLE”: additional resources

•Slide presentation on using VLEs effectively from Goldsmiths’, University of London: http://tinyurl.com/using-vle-effectively •And for some creative inspiration: http://tinyurl.com/warwick-vledesign-idea •“Put it all together on the VLE” resources (Leicester): http://tinyurl.com/vle-uol

• What did you learn from your reality checker(s) about your VLE design?

• What decisions have you made about the way you will structure your materials and e-tivities on the VLE?

• What work remains to be done to make the VLE student-ready?

Reflection on “Put it all together on the VLE” e-tivity

E-tivity 8:Action Planning

A quick SWOT analysis on the courses being developedStrengths Weaknesses

Opportunities Threats

Action Planning E-tivity Rubric: http://tinyurl.com/actionplan-uol

Intro to E-tivity 8: Action Planning

And… off we go!

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Many thanks to the followingpeople, whose helping handsmay not always have been visible:

•The OULDI and Carpe Diem projects for all the resources•Rebecca Galley for help with the planning•Prof. Grainne Conole for her input•Dr Ale Armellini for his input•Dr Ming Nie for the evaluation and support•SAIDE and BDRA workshop participants for their enthusiastic participation and constructive feedback•JISC and the HEA for the funding that enabled the project

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