The document discusses the 7Cs of learning design, which are a framework to help conceptualize, create, communicate, and consolidate effective course designs. It outlines several activities and "e-tivities" for course teams to work through together to map out course features, develop a course map and timeline, audit learning resources, create activity profiles, storyboards, and task swimlanes. The goal is to encourage reflective and collaborative practices around designing learning experiences and content.

1. The 7Cs of learning design
Gráinne Conole, Leicester University
24thApril 2012
Copenhagen, Denmark

2. Promise and reality
Social and
participatory media
offer new ways to
communicate and
collaborate Not fully exploited
Wealth of free Replicating bad pedagogy
resources and tools
Lack of time and skills

3. Learning Design
Shift frombelief-based, implicit
approaches todesign-
based,explicit approaches
Learning Design
A design-based approach to
creation and support of
courses
Encouragesreflective,scholarly
practices
Promotessharing and discussion
http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/OULDI/

4. Conceptualise
What do we want to design, who for
and why?
Carpe Diem:
7Cs of learning Design
Consolidate
Evaluate and embed your design
http://beyonddistance.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/carpe-diem-the-7cs-of-design-and-delivery/

5. Course team work
Plenary work
(e-tivities)
Session 1
•Overview of learning design
•Mini-pres: background to E-tivity: How to ruin a course
workshop
•Intro to e-tivity 1
E-tivity: Course Features
Session 2
•Review of Course Features
•Intro to e-tivity 2
E-tivity: Course Map
Session 3
• Review completed course E-tivity: A Learning Design
maps Resource Audit
• Intro to e-tivity 3
http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloudscape/view/2379

6. Plenary work
Course team work
Session 4 (e-tivities)
• Review of completed resource
audit
• Intro to e-tivity 4
Session 5 E-tivity: Activity Profile
•Review of Activity Profiles
•Intro to e-tivity 5
E-tivity: Storyboard
Session 6
•Review of Storyboards
•Task Swimlane
•Intro to e-tivity 6
•Stock-taking and target-setting
E-tivity: E-tivities
for next day

7. Background to the workshop
• Useful sites and resources
– OULDI website
– Carpe Diem website
– 7Cs OER page
– Cloudworks cloudscape

8. How to ruin a course

9. The Course Features template
http://linoit.com

10. Course Features resources
• http://tinyurl.com/coursefeatures
• http://tinyurl.com/coursefeatures-Excel
• http://linoit.com

11. Course features
Linoit.com

12. Course Features Key
• Orange = Guidance and support
• Blue = Content and activities
• Green = Communication and collaboration
• Purple = Reflection and demonstration

13. Develop a Course Map
www.tinyurl.com/coursemap-flickr

14. www.tinyurl.com/ouldi-coursemap
The Course Map template

15. Course map view

16. Course Map resources
• www.tinyurl.com/coursemap-cloudworks
• www.tinyurl.com/ouldi-coursemap
• www.tinyurl.com/coursemap-ds
• www.tinyurl.com/coursemap-flickr

17. Learning Design Resource Audit
www.tinyurl.com/resource-audit

18. Develop your Activity Profile
• http://tinyurl.com/ActivityProfileFlash
• http://tinyurl.com/ActivityProfileExcel

20. Activity Profile Resources
• www.cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/3420
• www.tinyurl.com/activity-profile-ds
• www.tinyurl.com/ActivityProfileFlash
• www.tinyurl.com/ActivityProfileExcel

21. Learningoutcomes
START END
Assessment

22. Storyboard template
http://linoit.com

23. Story board

24. Task Swimlane: Mapping an activity at
the micro-level
http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/3421

25. Develop your e-tivities

26. Conclusion
• Structured guidance to think
about design
• The power of visualisation
• Beyond content to activities
and experience
• Iterative, creative and messy
• Making designs explicit
• Social media to foster
communication and
collaboration

27. http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloudscape/view/2406
http://www.ld-grid.org/
Conole, G. (forthcoming), Designing for learning in an open world, New York: Springer
Chapters available on dropbox
grainne.conole@le.ac.uk