The document summarizes the objectives of an OLnet Fellowship held in September/October 2011. The fellowship aimed to build discussions around an existing collection of learning designs for online role play and simulation. It also aimed to refine frameworks for describing collaborative learning and test visualization methods for accessing learning design descriptions. The document discusses different frameworks used by teachers to plan and document their teaching and identifies six ways of representing learning designs for online role play.

1. OLnet Fellowship at Open University September/October 2011 Prof Sandra Wills University of Wollongong

2. My OLnet Fellowship objectives: build researcher discussions within Cloudworks around an existing rich collection of learning designs on online role play and simulation refine frameworks for description of CSCL learning test visualisation metaphors for accessing learning design descriptions in repositories

3. “… there is as yet no convergence on a single protocol or even on an appropriate language, level, medium etc for representing effective design” and discipline-specific research on learning designs or within self-identified design communities is “more likely to lead to the development of educationally meaningful dialogues” Beetham, 2008

4. Some frameworks used by teachers to plan & document teaching (adapted from Falconer & Littlejohn, 2009) Representation Description Target users Module plan or master folder Text based overview of the module, usually available as a Word document or in paper form Tutors Programme leaders External examiners Case study Narrative overview of a teaching & learning situation – ranging from entire module to single classroom activity Tutors Course developers Briefing document Narrative overview of a teaching & learning situation, focusing on class management issues Tutors Programme leaders External examiners Pattern overview Structured, text-based structured way of analysing a pedagogic problem & conveying best practice solution Tutors Course developers Technical developers Contents table List of contents of a module or a single class Tutors Students Concept map Mapping of concepts and/or learning activities Tutors Students Learning design sequence Sequence of learning activities, sometimes shown diagrammatically Tutors Students Technical developers Storyboard Mapping of concepts and/or learning activities Tutors Instructional designers Lesson plan Matrix mapping learning activities against a timescale - lesson plans are commonly used in Further Education Tutors

5. Six ways of representing the learning design for online role play: 1. Learning Design Visual Sequence 2. Learning Activity Management System 3. Pattern 4. Two Page/Two Pictures Template 5. Simulation Triad 6. Design Decisions Framework

6. enRole, Research, wRite, React, Resolve, Reflect: developing and using online role play learning designs

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13. Design Decisions Framework 77 decisions in designing online role plays

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