1. COM:MAND Supporting the creation, mapping, revision and management of curriculum and learning outcomes Michael Begg Matt Hammond David Dewhurst University of Edinburgh Learning Technology Section
23. Thank You COM:MAND Supporting the creation, mapping, revision and management of curriculum and learning outcomes Contact: michael.begg@ed.ac.uk
Editor's Notes
20 slides in 10 minutes is a lot to ask. My main intention, therefore, is to give a little context and a little overview and invite you to join the secrets of success session, which will offer more practical hands-on opportunities – and a little more time
Command essentially grew out from a number of conversations I found myself engaged in over a number of months, in a number of countries. Internationally, colleagues are vexed by this territory
Multiple potential owners of outcomes, grey areas, soft focus, overall cohesion exists outwith a systematic mapping
How one party delineates terrirory….
May not be how another party sees that same terrirory
Some agents may wish to see the territory mapped pragmatically by immediate need
Whilst others may see the need only for abstract orientation
To others still, context outwith the particular domain may be a factor – as may be the representation of that overall context. If the global economy keeps going on its current path, this view of the world may become increasingly common
A mapping of outcomes against curriculum themes – ie where the individual outcomes are taught – reveals an immediate visual weighting of the shape of the curriculum