2. Encouraging creative and innovative ‘Viewpoints’ in Curriculum Design Speakers: Dr Alan Masson and Catherine O’Donnell With contributions from: Dr Vilinda Ross, Karen Virapen, Jill Harrison and Sharon Copeland.
16. creativity and innovation while considering the learner perspective. A short video introduction on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux0Bv7fRrQI
17. Viewpoints Overview The Viewpoints “approach” uses a card sorting metaphor with the resources providing semi structured prompts and suggestions with a learner centred timeline The tools use a learner timeline with established principles to help staff consider key interactions of the learning process (i.e. essence)
19. Assessment and Feedback Principles REAP (http://www.reap.ac.uk/) Clarify good performance. Encourage time and effort on task. Deliver high quality feedback. Provide opportunities to act on feedback. Encourage interaction and dialogue. Develop self-assessment and reflection. Give assessment choice. Encourage positive motivational beliefs. Inform and shape your teaching. *Implementation ideas for each principle on back of cards.
20. Learner Engagement Principles The principles of learner engagement are based upon the 8 Learning Events Model developed by LabSET, University of Liège, Belgium. Receive. Create. Debate. Explore. Imitate. Experiment. Practice. Meta-Learn. *Implementation ideas for each principle on back of cards. http://www.flickr.com/photos/viewpointsproject/
21. Information Skills Principles SCONUL 7 Pillars (http://www.sconul.ac.uk) Define the task and understand the topic. Identify appropriate resources. Search effectively. Find and extract information. Compare and analyse information. Organise and share information ethically. Interpret information and create new content. *Implementation ideas for each principle on back of cards.
30. E.g. improve learner engagement, improve assessment and feedback methods or improve information skills.
31. Begin to think about how the theme (learner engagement, assessment and feedback or information skills) your group has been given could help you meet your chosen objective(s).
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34. Before we discuss/share some of our findings we would appreciate it if you could spend a few minutes completing a short evaluation questionnaire.
51. Use of action based principles Structured choice provides support and promotes reflection; Provide a more consistent meaning verses conceptual entities (i.e. lecture); Defer decision making regarding “how” to end off activity; Focus on storyboarding - encourage a more dynamic creative process; Timeline and principles - focuses attention on learner experience.
57. Teamwork/Collaboration “Can stimulate discussion, collaborative team working and initiate new ideas for curriculum design. It also prompts teams to be mindful of the student learner” “It was useful to be able to work in a common environment with other course teams and consider comparative approaches”
58. Social/Collaboration “Great to get together….It’s good to talk” “Time away from the office to explore your subject and think in a new way” “...different opinions from colleagues to become discussed in an open forum” “Allowed for different people to bring in their ideas and hear mine, which we could then use to work together in sorting out a problem”
59. Creativity/Reflection “Structured, yet creative” “Excellent at facilitating thought development” “The potential for new approaches to ‘old’ ideas” “Good flow of ideas, we tapped into many areas of discussion” “It assists you to step back from the course/module you are delivering and assessing if it is fit for purpose”
60. Review of the Viewpoints Process Things to consider in adopting / embedding Viewpoints approaches and resources in your own institution
61. Value of the Viewpoints’ Process “Getting the team together to plan” “Comprehensive coverage of principles” “It is clear, thought provoking and engaging” “Flexibility and simplicity” “To start with a ‘blank sheet’ and to be more innovative in approach” It brought out different voices and ways of thinking” “It made the team look at the course from a different aspect” “Helps to keep the student perspective at the forefront of each decision made” (Radiographers, School of Health Sciences ….on a late Friday afternoon)
75. Key tasks within workshops(module and course level) Consider key challenges and agree an objective/theme for the session Explore principles provided for the chosen theme and choose those that may help address the objective Map principles to timeline and prioritise theme Select possible implementation ideas that could support priority principles Review and annotate worksheet with a plan Agree any action points and final reflections Share plans
82. The resources help the facilitator “Easy tool – visually descriptive, illustrative” “…Resources excellent prompts” “Suggestion cards act as a good prompt” “Cards aided formulation of ideas” “Accessible and easy to use. Comprehensive and guiding.”
83. Workshop outputs Act as record of workshop discussions and agreed plan Diagrammatic strategy overview (why, what, when and how) for curriculum processes Diagrammatic representation of learner experience Conversation piece for further development / review
85. Alternative output formats Simple Word Table Annotated Image File N.B. Online tool in development in conjunction with Cambridge CourseTools project
87. Institutional embedding exercise Menu du Jour activity Starter (process alignment) Main Course (stakeholders to target) Dessert (change agents / facilitators) Discuss in groups of 3 (or 4) the menu options provided. Your order will be taken in around 15 minutes time .
89. Further information Viewpoints project blog: http://viewpoints.ulster.ac.uk Dr Alan Masson, Project Director - aj.masson@ulster.ac.uk Catherine O’Donnell, Academic E-Learning Consultant - c.odonnell@ulster.ac.uk Karen Virapen, Instructional Technologist - k.virapen@ulster.ac.uk Jill Harrison, Instructional Technologist - ja.harrison@ulster.ac.uk Dr Vilinda Ross, Research Fellow - v.ross@ulster.ac.uk
90. Use of principles to facilitate educational alignment with other “initiatives” Activity - educational alignment of an institutional initiative (learning technologies / graduate attributes) with the Assessment and Feedback principles.
Editor's Notes
Use this slide in the afternoon to demonstrate what value Viewpoints is having – according to participants (across 7 data sets)
I think this would be good to include somewhere – value of the Viewpoints process by participants (Radiographers) on a late Friday afternoon
Quote made from one participant (and made into a tagcloud in Wordle)Quote reads “Visual, interactive, fun, productive, collaborative” (Participant at the SEDA Conference, May 2011)
Participants were asked about the value of the viewpoints process to them. This is a tag cloud crated using some of their responses. It is based on the one Alan showed at beginning.Interesting words to note are - together, discussion, thinking design focusand consider different approach.
This is also based on the one at the beginning. Interesting words to note about the value of the Viewpoints Process are- The process, ideas, design, learning
Chapter 1 – Viewpoints introduction [p 2]Chapter 2 – Using the Viewpoints handbook [p 8]Chapter 3 – Holding a workshop [p 11]Chapter 4 – Themes for your workshop [ p 11]Chapter 5 – Follow-up to your workshop [p 37]Chapter 6 – Acknowledgments [p 40]
Page 13 of handbook – essential workshop preparation
Page 11 and 12 show both typical workshop formats for module and course.
Page 14 of handbook
Page 14 of handbookTimings given are only suggestions.
