Adventures in agile curriculum designBirmingham

29/03/2017

Adventures in Agile curriculum designJisc student experience experts groupBirmingham 29 March 2017

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Matthew MoranBA PhD

Programme Director and Head of Technology-enhanced Learning

Matthew.Moran@open.ac.uk@moran_matthewwww.linkedin.com/in/moranmatthew1/

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EXPERIMENTATION

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staff275

new modules175+

maintenance modules

450+corporate & commercial

150+25+MOOCs

WHO: D&P TEAM

Translation

Commissioning Technology Enhanced Learning

plus strategic projectsplus external suppliers

Open Media & Informal Learning

LibraryServices

£14.1m budget

Strategy, Planning & Resources Academic

Learning & Teaching Innovation (LTI)

Development& Production

We help to provide life-changing learningby collaborating to create, deliver, maintain and support innovative

course content for students across multiple formats and channels

20Graphics & Artwork

30Interactive

Media & Testing

89Editors

17Student

Helpdesk

36Media Assistants & Co-ordinators

26Video

& Audio

20Warehouse

& Distribution

6Materials

Procurement

200,000,000+words 1,000,000+images

7,000+videos10,000+audios1,000+interactives

3,000+online items

1,300+157,000+packages

40,000+helpdesk calls

Editorial Digital Learning Media V&A

Distribution & HelpdeskMedia Operations & Resources

words & images

richmedia

integrationinto

websites & books

dispatch & support

WHAT: PER YEAR

LTI DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION

books (1M+ copies, inc. buy-ins)

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Services

v2.024 March 17

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Management

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Can we use Agile principles and methods in course design to

improve system performance and enhance learner

experience?

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ADDIE

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Characteristics of ‘the new methodology’of Agile instructional design:

●Adaptive rather than predictive(welcome change, even late on in design)

●User centred not process obsessed.

(Fowler, 2003)

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Agile principles promote teamwork among designers, and enhance quality of outputs.

(Sweeney, 2010)

Agile principles achieve quicker delivery, satisfaction of stakeholder needs, greater development team collaboration and innovation.

(Shor, 2012)

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Experiments in Agile learning designand course production using:

• Agile principles only

• Agile practices and tools (standups, Kanban, prioritisation, reviews, retrospectives)

• Specific Agile methods including Scrum, DSDM

• Hybrid waterfall-Agile methods.

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Breakthroughs

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• Agile builds happy teams• Enhances quality of outputs• Prioritises learner requirements and

experience• Improved retention and progression data• Speed to market• Indications of efficiency gains (and cost

savings).

Breakdowns

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• Unhappy teams – anxiety, conflict, storming• Culture shock for the uninitiated• Learning curve risks to quality, learner

experience• What works for one team doesn't necessarily

transfer or scale• Management expectations that Agile is magic

bullet (quicker, cheaper, better).

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Takeaways• Define performance improvement objectives• Don't try to be a purist – take what's useful for

your goals• Embed Agile values and beliefs before

methods• Start small, build confidence, scale up slowly• Done is better than perfect• Don't neglect review and retrospectives –

learning and continuous improvement.

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EXPERIMENTATION

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Matthew MoranBA PhD MBA MAODE (pending)

Programme Director and Head of Technology-enhanced Learning

Matthew.Moran@open.ac.uk@moran_matthewwww.linkedin.com/in/moranmatthew1/