1. Evaluating a new approach
to learning design
Gráinne Conole, Gabi Witthaus, Ale Armellini& Ming Nie
University of Leicester
Networked Learning Conference
2nd April 2012, Maastricht
2nd April2012
2. Promise and reality
Social and participatory
media offer new ways to
communicate and
collaborate
Not fully exploited
Wealth of free resources
and tools Replicating bad pedagogy
Lack of time and skills
3. Learning Design
Shift frombelief-based, implicit
approaches todesign-
based,explicit approaches
Learning Design
A design-based approach to
creation and support of
courses
Encouragesreflective,scholarly
practices
Promotessharing and discussion
http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/OULDI/
4. The Design-Practice project
Repurposing Localisation
Review of
OULDI Implementation
resources
and activities
Reflection Evaluation
4
5. But does it work?
I find the document quite thought-
provoking, especially as a starting point
in this journey for developing good
understandings
It is iterative and so
helps with ironing out
any issues
I could understand the
learning design process
and would feel able to use
this when designing some
learning activities
5
6. Conceptualise
What do we want to design, who for
and why?
Carpe Diem:
7Cs of learning Design
Consolidate
Evaluate and embed your design
http://beyonddistance.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/carpe-diem-the-7cs-of-design-and-delivery/
7. Programme part 1
In-session work
Out-of-session work
Session 1
•Intros & expectations (e-tivities)
•Mini-pres: background to workshop
•How to ruin a course
•Intro to e-tivity 1
Session 2 E-tivity 1: Consider
•Warm-up (how is it going?)
•Discussion of discussion forums, blogs
your Course Features
and wikis
•Intro to e-tivity 2
Session 3
• Warm-up
E-tivity 2: Develop
(Surprises, discoveries, frustrations, hig your Course Map
hlights)
• Review completed course maps
• Mini-presentation: How OERs are
being used & reused E-tivity 3: Do a Learning
•Intro to e-tivity 3
Design Resource Audit
Session 4
• Warm-up (how is it going?)
•Review of completed resource audits
• Mini-pres: Salmon’s 5-stage model E-tivity 4: Develop your
•Intro to e-tivity 4 Activity Profile
8. Programme part 2
In-session work
Session 5 Out-of-session work
•Warm-up (Progress made so far?)
•Review of Activity Profiles (e-tivities)
•Brainstorm: “Soft”/“hard” outcomes
•Intro to e-tivity 5
Session 6 E-tivity 5: Develop
•Warm-up (Revisit How to Ruin a Course)
•Review of Storyboards
your Storyboard
•Do Info Literacy Card Sort activity
•Intro to e-tivity 6
Session 7
E-tivity 6: Develop
• Warm-up (…) your e-tivities
• Review completed e-tivities
• Mini-pres: Embedding your e-tivities in
the VLE
•Intro to e-tivity 7 E-tivity 7: Consider your
Session 8
VLE (LMS) design
• Warm-up (…)
•Review of completed VLE designs
• Brainstorm: actions needed to complete E-tivity 8:
our courses
•Intro to e-tivity 8
Action Planning
9. Session 1
Activity Resources
Warm-up Getting to know the platform (if using a web
conferencing platform) or tea/coffee if
meeting face-to-face
Background to the Mini-presentation by facilitators Cloudworks cloudscape
workshop Carpe Diem website
OULDI website
Discussion Brainstorm and discuss: how to ruin a Cloudworks link
course PB Wiki link
Intro to e-tivity 1 Consider your Course Features Cloudworks link
PB Wiki link
www.linoit.com
The slides are colour-coded to match colours in the table above.
10. Background to the workshop
• A brief web tour:
– OULDI website
– Carpe Diem website
– 7Cs OER page
– Cloudworks cloudscape for this workshop (with
links to extra background info, blogs, etc.)
– VLE for this workshop
13. Course Features Key
• Colours relate to the course view map
– Green = collaboration and communication
– Blue = content and student experience
– Purple = reflection and demonstration
– Orange = guidance and support
14. Session 2
Activity Resources
Warm-up Brainstorm: how are we doing?
Review of e-tivity 1 Discussion of the completed Course
Features tables
Discussion • Discussion forum, blogs and wikis: Aus university link
what are they good for? Affordances activity:
http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/4
• Examples of discussion forums, blogs
042
and wikis in use (web tour) Facilitator’s own web tour
Intro to e-tivity 2 Develop a Course Map Cloudworks link
PB Wiki link
www.flickr.com/photos/44251404@N
06/4727339064/
15. What are discussion forums, blogs and wikis good for?
Discussion Blogs Wikis
forums
Personal
Reflection Collaboration
reflection
Moderated Creating an Collating
discussion e-portfolio resources
16. Introduction to E-tivity 2:
Develop a Course Map
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44251404@N06/4727339064/in/photostream/
19. Session 3
Activity Resources
Warm-up Brainstorm – Surprises, Great Discoveries,
Frustrations and Highlights so far
Review of e-tivity 2 •The completed Course Maps
•Discussion: have you revisited your Course
Features?
Discussion • How are you reusing OERs? Link to OER 2X2 model
• A mini OER search workshop (Armellini& Nie)
Link to mini OER search
workshop slide
Other resources from
Cloudworks/ Netvibes
Intro to e-tivity 3 Learning Design Resource Audit Cloudworks link
PB Wiki link
20. Introduction to E-tivity 3: Learning
Design Resource Audit
Format
Content Text & Audio Video Slides (e.g. Other (e.g.
(under the graphics PowerPoint) Adobe
appropriate Presenter)
licences)
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
21. Example of a Completed LD Resource Audit
Format
Content (under the Text & graphics Audio Video Slides (e.g. Other (e.g. Adobe
appropriate licences) PowerPoint) Presenter)
OER for section 1.
Reflective task from
What I find and reuse iTunesU resources for Slideshare resource Organisation X’s
source Z. Podcast for section 3.
as is sections 1 and 7. for section 5. website.
Guidelines on
assignment writing.
OER for section 2.
What I find, tweak
Assessment rubric
and use
from W.
What I find, New podcast based Slides adapted from
OER for section 3.
repurpose and use on X. resource Y.
What I create for this Introduction to all 5 to 8-minute A 5-minute talking Support slides for Detailed presentations
module sections of the summaries of key head to introduce the sections 4, 7 and 8. for sections 2, 3 and
module. points per section. programme and the 6.
5 e-tivities. Advice and guidance academic team.
Summaries. for assessment.
Assessment rubrics. Feedback on draft
assignments.
22. Session 4
Activity Resources
Warm-up Confidence check and remaining learning
curves
Review of e-tivity 3 • Review of Learning Design Resource Audit
• Discussion - have your Course Maps
changed?
Discussion •Salmon’s five-stage model Salmon 5-stage model
Wiscom model:Gunawardena et al,
•Gunawardena et al’s Wiscom model
2006. Distance Education,
Vol. 27, No. 2, August 2006, pp. 217–
232) http://tinyurl.com/wiscom-
article
Example learning design:
http://tinyurl.com/wiscom-model
Intro to e-tivity 4 Develop your Activity Profile Cloudworks link
PB Wiki link
http://tinyurl.com/ActivityProfileFlash
http://tinyurl.com/ActivityProfileExcel
23. Introduction to E-tivity 3Y:
Develop your Activity Profile
• Assimilative
– Reading, viewing, listening
• Information handling
– Manipulating data
• Communicative
– Dialogic interactions
• Productive
– Creating an artefact
• Experiential
– Practicing, mimicking
• Adaptive
http://tinyurl.com/ActivityProfileFlash
– Modeling or simulation http://tinyurl.com/ActivityProfileExcel
24. Session 5
Activity Resources
Warm-up Brief review - progress made on your courses
Review of e-tivity 5 • Review of the Activity Profile
representations .
• Discussion: have you revised your Course
Features? Have your Course Maps changed?
Have you modified your LD Resource Audit?
Discussion Review your course outcome statements Gloucestershire Cogen-T tool
(soft/hard)
Learning outcomes view activity
Intro to e-tivity 6 Develop your Storyboard Learning Outcomes view:
http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view
/4036
Storyboard template
28. Session 6
Activity Resources
Warm-up SWOT analysis on our courses: brainstorm
and discussion
Review of e-tivity 5 • Review of the Storyboards
• Discussion:
•Have you revised your Course Features?
•Have your Course Maps changed?
•Have you modified your LD Resource Audit?
•Have your Activity Profiles changed?
Discussion Task Swimlane – mapping an activity at the Task Swimlane activity:
http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/3
micro-level 421
Intro to e-tivity 6 Create an e-tivity
29. Task Swimlane
• Lane of roles
• Lane with tools and
resources
http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/3421
31. Including information Literacy in e-tivities
http://jiscdesignstudio.pbworks.com/w/page/48915295/OULDI-Information%20Literacy%20facilitation%20cards
32. Session 7
Activity Resources
Warm-up x x
Review of e-tivity 6 • Review of the e-tivities
• Discussion:
•Have you revised your Course Features?
•Have your Course Maps changed?
•Have you modified your LD Resource Audit?
•Have your Activity Profiles changed?
•Has your Storyboard changed?
Discussion Web tour of a “live” VLE http://tinyurl.com/using-vle-
effectively
And
http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/inspireslea
rning/entry/design_for_a_1_2/
Intro to e-tivity 7 Consider your VLE (LMS) design
34. Programme for session 8
Session intro Stock-taking
Review of • Review of the VLE representations .
e-tivity 7 • Discussion - have your Course Maps
changed?
Lead-in to
e-tivity 8
Instructions for Develop your Action Plan
e-tivity 8
35. Session 8
Activity Resources
Warm-up
Review of e-tivity 7 • Review of the VLE designs
Discussion Action planning
Intro to e-tivity 8 Action planning
