1. Encouraging creativity and reflection in your curriculum Viewpoints session Facilitator: Catherine ODonnell 18 th April 2011

2. Session Outline

• An Introduction to Viewpoints.

• Viewpoints themes and perspectives.

• • Learner Engagement, Information Skills, Assessment and Feedback and Creativity and Innovation.

• • Course and module view.

• Some team tasks.

3. A short video introduction on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watchv=rV_DE_0fPJ0 An Introduction to Viewpoints

• Viewpoints is a JISC funded curriculum design project.

• It has a remit to create a series of reflective tools to promote & enhance effective curriculum design.

• The tools use a learner timeline with established principles to help staff consider areas such as:

• • learner engagement,

• • information skills,

• • assessment and feedback and

• • creativity and innovation

• • while considering the learner perspective.

4. Learner Engagement Principles

• • HLM ( http://cetl.ulster.ac.uk/elearning/hlm.php )

• • 8LEM

• • • Receive.

• • • Create.

• • • Debate.

• • • Explore.

• • • Imitate.

• • • Experiment.

• • • Practice.

• • • Meta-Learn.

• • *Implementation ideas for each principle on back of cards.

• • http://www.flickr.com/photos/viewpointsproject/

5. Information Skills Principles

• • SCONUL 7 Pillars ( http://www.sconul.ac.uk )

• • • Define the task and understand the topic.

• • • Identify appropriate resources.

• • • Search effectively.

• • • Find and extract information.

• • • Compare and analyse information.

• • • Organise and share information ethically.

• • • Interpret information and create new content.

• • *Implementation ideas for each principle on back of cards.

6. Assessment and Feedback Principles

• • REAP ( http://www.reap.ac.uk/ )

• • • Clarify good performance.

• • • Encourage time and effort on task.

• • • Deliver high quality feedback.

• • • Provide opportunities to act on feedback.

• • • Encourage interaction and dialogue.

• • • Develop self-assessment and reflection.

• • • Give assessment choice.

• • • Encourage positive motivational beliefs.

• • • Inform and shape your teaching.

• • *Implementation ideas for each principle on back of cards.

7. Creativity and Innovation Principles

• • CHEP creativity working group ( http://www.ulster.ac.uk/centrehep/creativity_curriculum.html )

• • • Collaborative learning

• • • Open-box modules

• • • Negotiation

• • • Real-life learning situations

• • • Novel approaches to learning

• • • Assessment that focuses on process

• • • Use of debates

• • • Beyond the discipline

• • *Implementation ideas for each principle on back of card have still to be added.

8. Course Level Perspective Supports those who wish to look at Course View.

9. A Course Level Worksheet Example

10. Module Level Perspective Supports those who wish to look at Module View.

11. A Module Level Worksheet Example

12. These can be orderly or messy its up to the team. Users/teams define the outputs

13. Over to you

• An opportunity for you to use some of the Viewpoints resources.

14. Task 1: Agree challenge/objective (5 minutes)

• Consider the key challenges of your project and agree an objective to focus on during this short session.

• R ecord brief details in the objective space provided.

• • • E.g. improve learner engagement or redesign an information skills strategy.

• Choose which Viewpoints theme you think would suit the objective you have chosen.

• Choose which level you would like to focus on.

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15. Task 2 Select principles (5 minutes)

• Spend about 5 minutes e xploring the principles provided on the front of cards you have chosen to focus on and choose any that may help you address your objective.

16. Task 3 Map principles to student learning timeline (15 minutes)

• Place the cards on the student timeline, where you think relevant, considering your objective and also the student perspective. Note: you can place the same cards in more than one place on the timeline .

17. Task 4 Select Implementation Ideas (20 minutes )

• Turn over the most important card(s) and select ideas that could help your group achieve your agreed objective.

• Discuss how your ideas could be used in practice.

• Make notes using post-its or markers on the worksheet.

• Note any overall action points and reflections.

18. Task 5 Share plans (5 minutes)

• Each group is requested to briefly share their progress during the Summary session later.

• Spend about 5 minutes now deciding what your group would like to share. Try to share the key features of your groups Viewpoints output and/or any key reflections/decisions made.

19. Conclusions

• By now you should:

• • Be aware of the Viewpoints project.

• • Have had an opportunity to use some of the resources while considering your groups challenge.

• • Thanks for your participation!

20. Further information Project blog: http://viewpoints.ulster.ac.uk CIES R&R Programme: http://www.cetl.ulster.ac.uk/elearning/rrs/ RLO CETL: http://www.rlo-cetl.ac.uk Dr Alan Masson, Project Director - [email_address] Catherine ODonnell, Academic E-Learning Consultant - [email_address] Karen Virapen, Instructional Technologist [email_address] Jill Harrison, Instructional Technologist [email_address] Dr Vilinda Ross, Research Fellow [email_address]