1. Course Map
- Gives an ‘at a glance’ overview of the
course or module across four dimensions
Rebecca Galley, OULDI Project Officer, IET, Open University

2. Three principles…
• The use of • Mechanisms to • The development of
representational encourage the empirical research
frameworks as a sharing and and conceptual tools
means of describing discussing of to help guide the
learning activity learning and decision-making
teaching ideas process
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3. The Course Map
- Gives an ‘at a glance’ overview of the course or module across four dimensions

4. Course aspects facilitation cards
- Includes 50 cards and some blank ‘jokers’. The card set can be used to support
design thinking and decision making about what the core course features, and
supports completion of the Module Map representation.
• Mediates early, creative design
discussion
•Makes implicit ‘hunches’ about
core features more explicit
•Reveals how far there is shared
consensus about the what the
course will be like, and where the
differences are across the team
•Stimulates thinking about new (for
the designer) tools and approaches
•Produces a sketchy overview of
what the course will be like

5. Activity: 10 mins
1. In teams of 4(ish) sift through the card set and sort the cards into
3 piles
Yes (a Yes/
No/ not
core poss (not
relevan
feature) a core
t
feature)
9. Agree on no more than 15 cards that you and your team feel
describe the core features of the MOOC
11. Once agreed, sort these 15 cards in to colour groups

6. Balancing the curriculum: 10 mins
4. Have a look at your
cards. Are any colour of
cards missing? If so, what
might be the impact on the
Support and Content and MOOC experience?
Guidance Experience 5. Make any changes to
your 12 as required
6. Use blu-tac to fix your
chosen cards to the A3
Dimensions sheets on the
wall.
Communication
Reflection and 7. How far is there
and agreement across the
Demonstration
Collaboration workshop? What are the
key features, and what
might need revisiting later?

7. Activity summary to camera: 7 min
1. Allocate team roles.
– A team representative to
summarise your team’s
design discussion and
anything of note.
– An interviewer to ask
prompt questions if required
– Someone to film a 5 min
summary
• Create your 5 min film (please
note this film will be uploaded
to the projects YouTube
channel and embedded in the
activity Cloud
http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/6397