This HEA seminar will demonstrate how course teams can be assisted to incorporate pedagogic best practice research into their teaching and learning plans, and be encouraged to be more creative and innovative in their designs. It will share research findings to date and experiences from past workshops (e.g., photos, videos, evaluative commentaries and case studies) and will demonstrate how these can stimulate constructive dialogue and foster collaboration, helping course teams build ideas towards a student-centred curriculum design model.

1. N. Ireland Seminar Series 2011
Encouraging creative and innovative
‘Viewpoints’ in Curriculum Design
University of Ulster, Belfast Campus on
2nd June 2011, 10.00 am - 3.00 pm.
Information about the event:
10.00 - 12.00 noon: Viewpoints Seminar
This seminar will demonstrate how course teams can be assisted to incorporate
pedagogic best practice research into their teaching and learning plans, and be
encouraged to be more creative and innovative in their designs. It will share
research findings to date and experiences from past workshops (e.g., photos,
videos, evaluative commentaries and case studies) and will demonstrate how
these can stimulate constructive dialogue and foster collaboration, helping course
teams build ideas towards a student-centred curriculum design model.
Attendees will be invited to participate in group activities using either the
‘assessment and feedback’ or ‘learner engagement’ strands of the Viewpoints
tools. These activities will help participants consider how course teams address an
agreed challenge e.g., designing an assessment and feedback or learner
engagement strategy which:
o Supports students’ transition to higher education;
o Provides a supportive learning environment for students from different
backgrounds;
o Improves feedback methods/opportunities for students to respond to
feedback;
o Enables flexible learning opportunities and
o Increases the employability of graduates during their final year.
12.00 - 1.00 pm: Lunch
13.00 - 3.00 pm: Train the Trainer Session
This afternoon session will give participants an opportunity to:
o Explore other Viewpoints resources, such as, ‘information skills’ and
‘creativity in the curriculum’.
o Review a 'Train the trainer' handbook currently in development;

2. o Discuss how the Viewpoints process and tools may be useful within
their/other Institutions.
Speakers:
• Catherine O’Donnell • Dr Alan Masson
• Dr Vilinda Ross
Bookings
Please email bookings to [Mrs Sharon Copeland]:
[saj.copeland@ulster.ac.uk]
50 places available on first-come, first-served basis. Lunch will be
provided after the seminar and there will be opportunities for
networking during lunch and throughout the Train the Trainer Session
in the afternoon.