Learning Design Workshop

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Learning Design Workshop University of London -
Goldsmiths Thursday 9 November
2006 Facilitated by Dawn Leeder Raquel
Morales (University of Cambridge) Heather Wharrad
Richard Windle (University of
Nottingham) Jonathan Page (Visiting Artist)

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Programme
09.30 Tea, coffee, registration practitioner
questionnaire 10.00 Welcome, introductions 10.15 L
earning objects, learning objectives learning
designs (RLO-CETL the Sharing the LOAD
project) (DL) 10.40 Attributes of learning
objects how this relates to IMS Learning Design
(RW) 10.50 Break-out groups tasks assigned.
Pedagogical design sheets completed 11.15 Learning
design capture (on laminated A0 storyboards) in
groups facilitated by roving presenters
illustrated by visiting artist 12.30 LUNCH 13.30 B
rief resumes of progress so far discussion -
what patterns are emerging? 14.00 Learning design
capture completed - groups present learning
designs 14.30 Peer-group review of RLO attributes
- patterns recorded archived 15.15 Next steps -
exemplar development recruitment 15.30 Tea,
coffee depart

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RLO-CETL - a collaborative CETL London
Metropolitan University Cambridge
University Nottingham University Funded by
HEFCE 2005 - 2010 - to develop a range of
multimedia learning objects that can be stored in
repositories, accessed over the web, and
integrated into course delivery - by building
and sustaining a powerful community of practice
and furnishing it with all the support and tools
required to achieve our aims
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Sharing the LOAD JISC Circular 01/06 Design for
Learning Programme Implementation Strand
18 months project May 2006 - Oct 2007 to capture
real-world shareable learning designs create
evaluate exemplars
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Sharing the LOAD JISC Circular 01/06 Design for
Learning Programme Key aims

• capture holistic learning designs
• ..containing learning activities that support
  defined learning objectives
• create exemplars by incorporating components
• ..from large pre-existing collection of mature
  reusable learning objects
• evaluate for pedagogical effectiveness
• ..across a range of subjects by RLO-CETL
  community
• provide recommendations for future research
  development
• disseminate outcomes widely by multiple methods
• initial review of designs implicit in these
  collections to select designs that show the most
  promise for reuse

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Sharing the LOAD JISC Circular 01/06 Design for
Learning Programme Project stages

• 1 May 2006 31 Oct 2007 - Duration 18 months
• Management group and regular meetings established
  Lead Cambridge
• Review of existing mature reusable content Lead
  Nottingham
• Recruitment of participants Lead Cambridge
• Re/design of workshop poster templates Lead
  Cambridge
• Practitioner questionnaire Lead Nottingham
• Practitioner-based workshops Lead Cambridge
• Development of exemplars Lead Cambridge
• Use and evaluation Lead Cambridge
• Practitioner longer-term impact interview Lead
  Nottingham
• Final report and dissemination Lead Cambridge

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Sharing the LOAD JISC Circular 01/06 Design for
Learning Programme Initial review

• Review of existing mature reusable content
• May - Jun 2006
• catalogue of existing RLOs reviewed
• broad learning design categories identified
• classification of RLOs - learning design taxonomy
• RLOs at nodal points selected
• report and analysis
• Jul - Oct 2006
• Informs redesign of poster templates for
  workshops

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• Sharing the LOAD
• JISC Circular 01/06 Design for Learning
  Programme
• Practitioner-based workshops to capture learning
  designs
• Nov - Dec 2006
• London - Goldsmiths, CELT (Mira Vogel)1
• Cambridge
• Nottingham
• Oxford - Learning Technologies Group, (Liz
  Masterman)2

1 Designs for learning in virtual environments
insider perspectives2 Evaluation of generic
tools used in designing for learning JISC
e-learning Programme - e-Learning and Pedagogy
Strand
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• Sharing the LOAD
• JISC Circular 01/06 Design for Learning
  Programme
• Exemplars
• Reusable learning designs selected from the
  workshops
• Jan - Mar 2007
• each learning design piloted in 3 subjects to
  create
• exemplars based on the same design to support
  different subjects
• each exemplar described as a case study

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• Sharing the LOAD
• JISC Circular 01/06 Design for Learning
  Programme
• Use and evaluation
• Apr - Jun 2007
• Use by
• 3500 nursing students
• 1500 biomedical science students
• 180 graduate entry medics
• Evaluation with RLO-CETL Evaluation Toolkit
• field notes
• student questionnaire
• tutor's form
• technology audit

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• Sharing the LOAD
• JISC Circular 01/06 Design for Learning
  Programme
• Practitioner questionnaire
• Sep - Oct 2006
• Baseline survey to establish initial level of
  knowledge
• Analysis and report
• Practitioner long-term impact interview
• Jun - Jul 2007
• 12 interviews to determine any increase in
  knowledge
• Analysis and report

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• Sharing the LOAD
• JISC Circular 01/06 Design for Learning
  Programme
• Reusable learning designs - activity
• Identify reusable learning designs
• Use examples of successful learning designs that
• you have used (as an educator)
• have developed (if a developer)
• or have facilitated your learning (as a student)
• Not complicated or lengthy - they could be as
  simple as a short learning activity
• Should be designs you know to be pedagogically
  effective.
• NOT looking for lesson plans - these are way too
  big for our purposes.
• Focus on a single, self-contained learning
  objective and then describe the learning design
  required to fulfil that objective.