Integrated Curriculum Design Framework (ICDF)

Centre for Higher Education Research & Practice (CHERP)

Colette Murphy 8th September 2020

Process (ICDF) & Product (Outputs)

Rationale for a Curriculum Design Framework

Enables course teams to re-invigorate their Programmes holistically -informed by; course and learner data analytics; contemporary industry practice, pedagogical and technological advances, and discipline research

Facilitates Staff-Student Staff-Industry co-design and effective integration of curriculum priorities

Supports academics to design active enquiry-based modules of learning

To create a more ‘stream-lined/leaner’ evaluation/revalidation programme document

Redefining Curriculum

Curricula dimensions

(Barnett and Coate, 2005)

Designing for success: knowing, doing and being

• What does the student need to be?Being – The Human Skills. how students develop a

sense of themselves and their capabilities, how they gain in self-confidence.

• What does the student need to be able to do?Acting – includes various activities which lead to the development of discipline-based, generic and employment-related skills and taking on the identity of what it is to be an engineer, nurse, accountant, entrepreneur etc. 21st Century Thinking Skills.

• What does the student need to know?Knowing – consists of a personal relationship between the person and the intellectual field in question

An Integrated Curriculum

Integrated Curriculum

DesignStaff-Students Partnerships

Health & Well-being

Employability & Enterprise

Information Literacy Skills

Digital Capabilities

Sustainability

Holistic Programme Design

Integrated Curriculum Design Framework (ICDF)

ICDFramework overview

Reval/Eval Outputs

https://ulster.sharepoint.com/sites/ICDF

ICDF/PHE711 WorkshopsLeading Team-based Curriculum Design (PHE711) Schedule Activity

Introduction to ICDF and Phase 1 – Contextualised Research & Analysis and Stakeholder Engagement

20/01/202110:30 – 12:30 Online Workshop

ICDF Phase I - Investigation & Analysis Week 0 - Week 5 Self-Directed Study

ICDF Phase 2 - Programme Design & Development 02/03/202110:30 – 12:30 Online Workshop

ICDF Phase 2 - Co-Design & Development Week 6 - Week 10 Self-Directed Study

Writing your Programme Specification14/04/2021

10:30 – 12:30Online Workshop

ICDF Summary Webinar

Approaching revalidation before June 2021?• Access Ulster's ICDF Workshop site for

presentations, recordings and resources to guide you

• Attend and register for 'An ICDF Summary Webinar' on Wednesday 14th October, 14:00-16:00. This will include time for any Q&A

• Contact your CHERP Faculty Consultant.

CPD Accredited Support

• ICDF/PHE711 Workshops

• MEd Module: • Leading Team-based Curriculum Design (30 Cr Module)• Available to take as an individual stand-alone CPD

module• Delivery Jan. 2021• Contact Module Co-Ordinator - Colette Murphy

Support

CHERP Website https://www.ulster.ac.uk/cherp/academic-development/icdfICDF Sharepoint Website https://ulster.sharepoint.com/sites/ICDFWorkshop Registrationvia either website aboveFE PartnersAutumnal workshop (Date TBC)

CHERP Faculty Curriculum ConsultantsArts, Humanities and Social SciencesAmanda Platt (CE)Computing, Engineering and the Built EnvironmentRichard Beggs (JN)Life & Health SciencesBrian McGowan (JN)Ulster University Business SchoolColette Murphy (JN)

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