This document outlines the agenda and materials for a working group meeting on curriculum and learning design. The meeting will discuss moving beyond blended learning approaches to better engage learners. It will explore strategic lenses and curriculum design processes, and how to involve stakeholders. Sessions will focus on identifying reusable materials, using strategic and curriculum frameworks to prompt discussion, and exploring different resource formats like cards and design boards. The goal is to get feedback on developing these resources further and applying the frameworks in workshops and organizational development.

1. Beyond blended:
curriculum and learning design to meet
the challenges of learner engagement
Helen Beetham and Sheila MacNeill
Consultants
Elizabeth Newall and Sarah Knight,
Jisc
Working group meeting
Birmingham, 18 October 2023

2. Outline schedule
11:00-11:15 Welcome and introductions
11:15-12:00 Beyond blended: identifying materials for re-use
12:00-12:45 Strategic and curriculum lenses
12:45-13:15 Lunch
13:15-14:00 Workshop resources: sessions and activities
14:00-14:45 Curriculum analytics and the design process
14:45-15:00 Next steps
bit.ly/JiscBeyondBlended

3. Session 1: Beyond blended

4. Adapt and use
AA
How we invite you to participate and give feedback
Resources: ‘Beyond Blended’ report, in print and online
Activities: At table discussion and feedback (we will make notes)
Comments on the padlet
Participation and feedback

5. Key points to present
● Original rationale – post-pandemic learning and consolidation
● ‘Crisis of the campus’ – what does it mean to be ‘at’ university? What are
now the defining university experiences?
● Place and platform, time and pace seem to ‘work’ – partner feedback
● Pedagogy first – what are the educational benefits of different modes and
activities?
● How to engage multiple stakeholders in curriculum design?
● Student differences and cohort effects (trade-offs and ironies)
● How to engage learners and educators in the designed curriculum
(understanding choices, shaping pathways, managing expectations)
● Formats and media – when and where are there opportunities to
engage/mediate practice differently? What works?
○ matrices (pdfs); infographics; prompt cards; poster graphics; design boards (e.g.
Trello); curriculum maps?

6. Questions for you
Is the ‘post-pandemic’ focus helpful (any longer?)
Are there other hooks for curriculum and learning design?
Are there other key ideas we could develop? (Teacher-led vs
student-led? Specific technologies as the focus?)
How could we develop these resources with key stakeholders
(user groups) and partners?

7. Session 2: Strategic and curriculum prompts

8. Adapt and use
How we invite you to participate and give feedback (1)
Resources: Six pillars ‘lenses’ as pdfs
Six pillars ‘lenses’ as prompt cards
A3 six pillars (wheel) diagram
Other representations and infographics
Activities: At table discussion and feedback (we will make notes)
Comments on the padlet
Participation and feedback

9. Key points to present (1)
● Link between curriculum design and other strategic processes
● Pedagogy first – reference the process slides to show iteration and
feedback across the piece
● Positive feedback from workshops
● Links with the transformation framework
● Links with other projects and partners e.g. international students,
assessment design, curriculum analytics
● At least two distinct workshops/audiences here (possibly more)

10. Questions for you (1)
Do the modes of learning make sense in your context? What
terminology do you use?
Do the pillars add value?
What formats work best?
Any other lenses we should develop?
How should c/would you use the ‘blank’ lenses to support
organisational development? Could these be used with students?
How might these support particular workshops or development
meetings?

11. Session 3: Resources for curriculum and
learning design (sessions and activities)

12. Adapt and use
How we invite you to participate and give feedback (2)
Resources: Session type cards x2 version
Student posters
Design board (Trello)
Activities: At table discussion and feedback (we will make notes)
Comments on the padlet
Participation and feedback

13. Key points to present (2)
● How these link with ABC, Laurillard, research base
● i.e. link back to pedagogy
● How might students engage e.g. to ‘fill in the blanks’ in their own
experiences and practices?
● How interactive could these be? Possible formats and platforms.

14. Questions for you (2)
What kind of workshops do you run? Who is in the room?
What formats work?
How do you interface with existing design practices?
How do you support students/ other stake-holders involvement?

15. Session 4: Process design and curriculum
analytics

16. Adapt and use
How we invite you to participate and give feedback (3)
Resources: Revised process model and slide deck
Resources from analytics team (TBC)
Activities: At table discussion and feedback (we will make notes)
Comments on the padlet
Participation and feedback

17. Questions for you (3)
How, when and where might the process diagram be useful? What
additional support/framing required?
What information is used in the course of curriculum design and
review (or could be)?
What/where are other sources of potentially useful information?
How might information be used to differentiate the student
experience in ways that are supportive?
How are you ensuring the privacy needs of students (and
educators) be balanced with data analysis?

18. Next steps

19. help@jisc.ac.uk
jisc.ac.uk
More information
Elizabeth.Newall@jisc.ac.uk
Sarah.Knight@jisc.ac.uk
4 Portwall Lane, Bristol,
BS1 6NB