1. The 7Cs of Learning Design
Gráinne Conole and Terese Bird
University of Leicester
30th September – 1st October 2013
Pre-conference workshop
Singapore
National Teaching
Fellow 2012

2. Introductions
• Say who you are and
what you hope to get
out of the workshop
• During the day add
comments to the
reflection sheet

3. Outline
• An overview of learning design
• Activities
– A1: How to ruin a course
– A2: Course Features
– A3: Resource audit
– A4: Course Map
– A5: Activity Profile
– A6: Story board
– A7: Evaluation Rubric
• Evaluation

4. Promise and reality
Social and
participatory media
offer new ways to
communicate and
collaborate
Wealth of free
resources and tools
Not fully exploited
Replicating bad pedagogy
Lack of time and skills

5. Digital literacy skills
http://edudemic.com/2013/04/important-21st-century-skills/
Creativity
Multi-tasking
Performance
Simulation
Appropriation
Play
Distributed cognition
Judgment
Collective
Intelligence
Transmedia
Navigation
Networking
Negotiation
Jenkins et al., 2006
Lisa Marie Blaschke on fb

6. http://www.larnacadeclaration.org/
http://gti.upf.edu/metis-meeting-teachers-co-design-needs-by-
means-of-integrated-learning-environments/

7. Learning Design
Shift from belief-based, implicit
approaches to design-based,
explicit approaches
Encourages reflective, scholarly
practices
Promotes sharing and discussion
Learning Design
A design-based approach to
creation and support of
courses
http://olds.ac.uk

8. The 7Cs of Learning Design
Conceptualise
Vision
CommunicateCapture ConsiderCollaborate
Activities
Combine
Synthesis
Consolidate
Implementation
http://www2.le.ac.uk/projects/oer/oers/beyond-distance-research-alliance/7Cs-toolkit

9. Conceptualise
• Vision for the course,
including:
– Why, who and what you want to
design
– The key principles and
pedagogical approaches
– The nature of the learners
Conceptualise
Course Features
Personas

10. Course features
• Pedagogical approaches
• Principles
• Guidance and support
• Content and activities
• Reflection and demonstration
• Communication and collaboration
http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/5950

11. Principles
Theory based Practice based Cultural
Aesthetics
Political
International Serendipitous Community based
Sustainable
Professional

12. Pedagogical
approaches
Inquiry based Problem based Case based
Dialogic
Situative
Vicarious Didactic Authentic
Constructivist
Collaborative

13. Guidance &
Support
Learning pathway Mentoring Peer support
Scaffolded
Study skills
Tutor directed Help desk Remedial support
Library support
Step by step

14. Content &
Activities
Brainstorming Concept mapping Annotation
Assimilative
Jigsaw
Aggregating
resources
Learner generated
content
Information
handling
Pyramid
Modeling

15. Reflection &
Demonstration
Diagnostic E-Assessment E-Portfolio
Formative
Summative
Peer feedback Vicarious Presentation
Reflective
Feed forward

16. Communication &
Collaboration
Structured debate Flash debate Group project
Group
aggregation
Group
presentation
Pair debate For/Against debate
Question &
Answer
Group project
Peer critique

17. Capture
• Finding and creating
interactive materials
– Undertaking a resource audit of
existing OER
– Planning for creation of
additional multimedia such as
interactive materials, podcasts
and videos
– Mechanism for enabling
learners to create their own
content
Capture
Resource Audit
Learner Generate
Content

18. Communicate
• Designing activities that foster
communication, such as:
– Looking at the affordances of
the use of different tools to
promote communication
– Designing for effective online
moderating
Communicate
Affordances
E-moderating

19. Collaborate
• Designing activities that foster
collaboration, such as:
– Looking at the affordances of
the use of different tools to
promote collaboration
– Using CSCL (collaborative)
Pedagogical Patterns such as
JIGSAW, Pyramid, etc.
Collaborate
Affordances
CSCL Ped.
Patterns

20. Consider
• Designing activities that foster
reflection
• Mapping Learning Outcomes
(LOs) to assessment
• Designing assessment
activities, including
– Diagnostic, formative,
summative assessment and
peer assessment
Collaborate
LOs/Assessment
Assessment
Ped. Patterns

21. Combine
• Combining the learning activities
into the following:
– Course View which provides a
holistic overview of the nature of
the course
– Activity profile showing the
amount of time learners are
spending on different types of
activities
– Storyboard: a temporal sequence
of activities mapped to resources
and tools
– Learning pathway: a temporal
sequence of the learning designs
Combine
Course View
Activity Profile
Storyboard
Learning Pathway

22. Consolidate
• Putting the completed design
into practice
– Implementation: in the
classroom, through a VLE or using
a specialised Learning Design tool
– Evaluation of the effectiveness of
the design
– Refinement based on the
evaluation findings
– Sharing with peers through social
media and specialised sites like
Cloudworks
Combine
Implementation
evaluation
Refinement
Sharing

23. A1: How to ruin a course
• List the ten ways in which technologies can
ruin a course
• Consider strategies to avoid these issues
Purpose: To consider the ways in which technologies can ruin a course
and creation of strategies to avoid these problems
E-tivity Rubric: hhttp://tinyurl.com/m3x32se

24. Discussion

25. Discussion

26. Discussion

27. Discussion

28. A2: Course Features
E-tivity Rubric: http://goo.gl/CRpc5
Purpose: To consider the features you want to include in your
module/course, which will determine not only the look and feel of the
course, but also the nature of the learners’ experience.

29. A2a: Forums, blogs and wikis
Purpose: To consider the use of three central, LMS-based tools for interaction
Discussion Forums Blogs Wikis

30. A2a: Forums, blogs and wikis
Purpose: To consider the use of three central, LMS-based tools for interaction
Discussion Forums Blogs Wikis
Reflection
Collaboration
Feedback
Problem solving
Encouraging participation
Ice breaker
Observation opportunity
Idea generation
Are they really good for
all? Diversity of students
Expression
Communicating successes
and pitfalls
Dissemination of
information
Facilitates in the moment
thought!
Audience and affirmation
and reaction
Collaboration
Idea development
Project collaboration
Students and self esteem
Using existing wikis as a
critical resource

31. A3: Resource audit
• E-tivity Rubric: http://goo.gl/C31yv
Purpose: To identify which free resources (Open Educational Resources) to
include in your course/module, how much they need adapting and which
new resources you need to create.

32. A4: Course Map
E-tivity Rubric:http://goo.gl/Z5eu7
Purpose: 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.

33. A5: Activity Profile
• E-tivity Rubric: http://goo.gl/WMIzu
Purpose: To consider the balance of activity types that will be
included in your module/course.
Activity Profile Flash Widget

34. Start End
Learning
Outcomes
LO1
LO2
LO3
LO4
Assessment LO1
LO2 LO3 LO4
Week 1
Topic 1
Week 2
Topic 2
Week 3
Topic 3
Week 4
Topic 4

35. A6: Storyboard
E-tivity Rubric: http://goo.gl/z1VON
Purpose: To develop a storyboard for your module/course in which
the learning outcomes are aligned with the assessment events, topics
(contents) and e-tivities.

36. A7: Rubrics for evaluation
Purpose: To devise a set of criteria for evaluating the success of the
design in a real learning context
• Brainstorming some criteria to evaluate the
success of the design in a real learning context
• Try and focus on measurable/observable
things
• Think about what data collection you might
use – classroom
observation, surveys, interviews
• Post its: Things I liked, room for
improvement, etc.

37. Evaluation and Action Plan

38. Three words…

39. Things I liked…

40. Suggestions for improvement

41. Action plan…

42. http://www.slideshare.net/GrainneConole
http://www.le.ac.uk/ili
grainne.conole@le.ac.uk
http://e4innovation.com

43. • OULDI website
http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/OULDI/
• Carpe Diem website
http://www.le.ac.uk/carpediem
• 7Cs OER page
http://www2.le.ac.uk/projects/oer/oers/beyond-
distance-research-alliance/7cs-workshop-resources
• Cloudworks http://cloudworks.ac.uk/
Useful sites and resources