Learning Design in the Open

Rethinking our Coursesfor Tomorrow’s African Learners

Brenda MallinsonGreig Krull

Windhoek, 29 May 2013

Origin of this Work

The workshop is based on a similar half-day workshop developed by the Beyond Distance

Research Alliance (BDRA), University of Leicester, UK, and held at Online Educa Berlin 2012.

A pre-conference workshop by Gabi Witthaus and Ming Nie

28 Nov 2012

Workshop Outcomes

• Critically reflect on the learning design of a course that you are either already running, or one that you are designing

• Make effective use of appropriate learning technologies in your learning design

• Use selected tools and templates to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses and areas for further development (including redesign) of an existing course or a planned course for which you are responsible

Starting Point

Participants should have a specific course in mind that they want to

design, redesign or review in terms of effective, technology-enhanced learner

interaction and engagement

Agenda

• Welcome and ice-breaker• Overview of available OER Resources• Workshop Activities:

– Define Course Features– Develop Storyboard– Analyse Activity Profile– Resource Audit

• Wrap up and Reflection

Ice-breaker

Brainstorm: How to Ruin a Course

Agenda

• Welcome and ice-breaker • Overview of available OER Learning

Design Resources• Workshop Activities:

– Define Course Features– Develop Storyboard– Analyse Activity Profile– Resource Audit

• Wrap up and Reflection

Overview of Learning Design Resources

• Background to 7Cs and SPEED• Demonstration of some Learning Design

Resources

Background to 7Cs and SPEED

The workshop contains activities drawn from research into learning design, based on:

– University of Leicester “SPEED” course– University of Leicester and the Open University (UK) pilot

called “The 7Cs of Learning Design”

• that builds on the established successes of– Leicester’s Carpe Diem learning design programme– the Open University Learning Design Initiative (OULDI)

Carpe Diem

www.le.ac.uk/carpediem

Content (under the appropriate licences)

Format

Text & graphics Audio Video Slides (e.g.

PowerPoint)

Other (e.g. Adobe

Presenter)

What I find and reuse as is

What I find, tweak and use

What I find, repurpose and use

What I create for this module

Open University Learning Design Initiative (OULDI)

Activity profile

Course map

Course dimensions

Task Swimlane

Learning outcomes

www.open.ac/uk/blogs/OULDI

OULDI & Carpe Diem

Open University Learning Design Initiative (OULDI) Leicester’s Carpe Diem

The 7Cs of design and delivery framework

Cascading SPEED: Leicester, Saide

The 7Cs

CONCEPTUALISE• Vision• Why, who and what

you want to design• Key principles and

pedagogical approaches

• Nature of the learners

CAPTURE• Find and create

interactive materials• Planning for creation of

multimedia

ActivitiesConsider Course Features

Design Course Map

ActivitiesResource SearchResource Audit

The 7Cs

COMMUNICATE• Design activities that

foster communication• Communication Tools• Design for effective

online moderating

COLLABORATE• Design activities that

foster collaboration• Collaboration Tools

ActivitiesCommunication Activities

ActivitiesCollaborative Activities

The 7Cs

CONSIDER• Design activities that

foster reflection• Map learning

outcomes to assessment

• Design assessment activities

COMBINE• Activity profile of

different activity types• Storyboard: sequence

of activities • Learning pathway:

learning design sequence

ActivitiesAssessment Planning

ActivitiesActivity Profile

Storyboard

The 7Cs

CONSOLIDATE• Putting completed design into practice• Implement: Classroom and/or VLE • Evaluate effectiveness of the design• Refine based on the evaluation findings

ActivitiesDevelop Activities

Links to Design OERs

• YouTube video introducing SPEED: http://tinyurl.com/speedintro

• SPEED website: tinyurl.com/speed-website • Background to the 7Cs:

tinyurl.com/7Cs-diagram• SPEED course outline & links to resources:

tinyurl.com/speed-course • SPEED blog:

speedprojectblog.wordpress.com• Carpe Diem website:

www.le.ac.uk/carpediem• OULDI website: www.open.ac/uk/blogs/OULDI

Activity 1: Consider your Course Features

Activity: Develop your Course Map

Activity 3: Develop your Activity Profile

Activity 2: Develop your Storyboard

Activity 4: Do a Learning Design Resource Audit

Activity: Develop your activities

Before the workshop: • Think about the course you want to design / redesign • Think about high-level outcomes for your course

7Cs and Key ActivitiesMapping to the 7Cs E-tivity

number E-tivity Title Purpose

Conceptualise 1 Dreams and nightmaresTo note the dreams you want to realise in your learning design, and the nightmare scenarios you want to avoid.

Conceptualise2

Introduce Yourself To introduce yourself to other participants and experience using a discussion forum as a student.

Conceptualise 3 Start Your Reflective Blog To start a blog in the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) with your expectations of, and reflections on the learning design course.

Conceptualise 4 Agree on your Course Description To share the description of the module/course that you plan to design, and the audience profile for your course

Conceptualise 5 Brainstorm: How to ruin a course To identify undesirable course features to be avoided.

Conceptualise 6 Reflect on pedagogical models for your course

Conceptualise 7 Consider Your Course Features To consider the features you want to include in your module/course, which will affect not only the look and feel of the course, but also the nature of the learners’ experience.

Collaborate 8 Brainstorm: What are forums, blogs and wikis good for? To consider the use of three central, VLE-based tools for interactions.

Conceptualise 9 Create Your Course Map To start mapping out your module/course, including your plans for guidance and support, content and the learner experience, reflection and demonstration, and communication and collaboration.

Combine 10 Analyse Your Activity Profile To consider the balance of activity types that will be included in your module/course.

Conceptualise 11 Clarify your learning outcomes To ensure that your learning outcome statements are clear and, where relevant, measurable.

Consider 12 Plan for Assessment To create an assessment plan for the module/course, incorporating good practice.

Combine 13 Develop Your Storyboard To develop a storyboard for your module/course in which the learning outcomes are aligned with the assessment events, topics (contents) and e-tivities.

Capture 14 Discuss: Using and reusing OERs To learn about different ways of using OERs based on evidence from research and to plan for the creation of open content.

Capture 15 OER search To compare the results of different kinds of OER searches.

Capture 16 E-tivity 9: Do a Resource Audit To decide how you will source the content for your module/course, including the possibility of incorporating OERs produced elsewhere.

Communicate 17 Use Your Voice To practise the use of voice technologies to foster learning.Communicate 18 Plan a Series of Podcasts To plan for the creation of a series of podcasts/audio files.Communicate 19 Create a Podcast for Learning To produce a sample podcast for your module/course.Capture 20 Find and Use Open Images To find and incorporate suitable images into OERs.

Consolidate 21 Develop Your E-tivities To generate one or more e-tivities for your module/course, ensuring alignment with your storyboard and course map.

Collaborate 22 Explore Web-Based Learning Technologies To identify suitable non-VLE learning technologies that can be integrated to your course.

Consolidate 23 Action planning To define a plan of action

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Demonstration of Some Resources

• Course Map Template– Map out your module/course, including your plans

for guidance and support, content and the learner experience, reflection and demonstration, and communication and collaboration

• Activity Design– Generate activities for your module/course,

ensuring alignment with your storyboard and course map

Agenda

• Welcome and ice-breaker • Overview of available OER Resources • Workshop Activities:

– Define Course Features– Develop Storyboard– Analyse Activity Profile– Resource Audit

• Wrap up and Reflection

Course Features

• Purpose– Consider the both the look and feel of the

course and the nature of the learners’ experience

• Course Features Demonstration• Activity 1

– Brainstorm defining features or characteristics of course (in groups)

– Use flipcharts and coloured paper

• Demonstration using Linoit

Example: Define Course Features

Reflection on Course Features Activity

• 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?

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

• Blue = content and student experience

• Yellow = reflection and demonstration

• Orange = guidance and support

• Green = collaboration and communication

Course Features Key

Agenda

• Welcome and ice-breaker • Overview of available OER Resources • Workshop Activities:

– Define Course Features – Develop Storyboard– Analyse Activity Profile– Resource Audit

• Wrap up and Reflection

Storyboards

• Purpose– Develop a storyboard for your course in which

the learning outcomes are aligned with the assessment events, contents and activities

• Storyboard Demonstration• Activity 2:

– Develop partial storyboard for your course– Decide what chunk to focus on - high level /

one unit– Use coloured cards – paste onto flipchart

sheets

Start End

Assessment

Learning Outcomes

Reflection on Storyboard Activity

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

• Do you need to make any changes to your Course Features after developing the Storyboard?

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

Agenda

• Welcome and ice-breaker • Overview of available OER Resources • Workshop Activities:

– Define Course Features – Develop Storyboard – Analyse Activity Profile– Resource Audit

• Wrap up and Reflection

Activity Profile

• Purpose– Consider the balance of activity types that will

be included in your course

• Activity Profile Demonstration• Activity 3:

– Do an analysis of the types of activities your learners

Reflection on Activity Profile Activity

• 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?

• Is your Activity Profile aligned with your course outcomes?

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

Agenda

• Welcome and ice-breaker • Overview of available OER Resources • Workshop Activities:

– Define Course Features – Develop Storyboard – Analyse Activity Profile – Resource Audit

• Wrap up and Reflection

Resource Audit

• Purpose– Ensure an appropriate balance of media and formats in

your course materials– Explore the possibility of reusing openly licensed

resources instead of creating new materials from scratch

• Resource Audit Demonstration• Activity 4:

– Do an analysis of the resources you intend to use in your course

– Consider appropriate Open Educational Resources (OERs) in various media and formats

– Use paper or spreadsheet

• OER Searching

Resource Audit

OER Search• Search for one key phrase for your module/course

in:– OER Commons: www.oercommons.org– JorumOpen: http://open.jorum.ac.uk – Xpert: http://xpert.nottingham.ac.uk – Open Courseware Consortium:

www.ocwconsortium.org– OU LabSpace: http://labspace.open.ac.uk – Google with usage rights filter (“free to use, share or

modify”): www.google.com/advanced_search – Any repository listed at:

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

• Compare your search results with your colleagues.

Copyright for OERs

• Creative Commons:http://www.creativecommons.org

• JISC OER info kit: https://openeducationalresources.pbworks.com/w/page/24836480/Home

• Understanding Licensing and IPR for OER Projectshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BWqgVpcHCs

• JISC take down policy: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/themes/content/sca/templatenoticetakedown.pdf

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?

• Do you need to make any changes to your Activity Profile or Storyboard after doing the resource audit?

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

Agenda

• Welcome and ice-breaker • Overview of available OER Resources • Workshop Activities:

– Define Course Features – Develop Storyboard – Analyse Activity Profile – Resource Audit

• Wrap up and Reflection

Wrap Up and Reflection

• Summary of workshop• Reflection Activity• Evaluation Form

Activity 1: Consider your Course Features

Activity: Develop your Course Map

Activity 3: Develop your Activity Profile

Activity 2: Develop your Storyboard

Activity 4: Do a Learning Design Resource Audit

Activity: Develop your activities

Before the workshop: • Think about the course you want to design / redesign • Think about high-level outcomes for your course

Conole, G. (2013). An update on the 7Cs of Learning Design. Available: http://www.slideshare.net/GrainneConole/7-cs-update

Conole, G. (2012). Designing for Learning in an Open World. London: Springer.

Salmon, G. (2011). E-moderating: the key to online teaching and learning. New York: Routledge

Witthaus, G. and Nie, M. (2012). Learning Design in the Open: Rethinking our courses for tomorrow’s learners. Available: http://www.slideshare.net/witthaus/learning-design-in-the-open

Witthaus, G. (2012). The 7Cs of Learning Design: A Pilot Workshop. Available: http://www.slideshare.net/witthaus/7cs-learning-design-generic-workshop-slides

References

Thank you

Greig Krull and Brenda Mallinsongreigk@saide.org.za / brendam@saide.org.za

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