This document discusses collaboration events hosted by the Open University Learning Design Initiative (OULDI) project. The project aims to develop a methodology for learning design using tools, practices, and research. It hosts various workshops and events called "Cloudfests and Design Summits" to explore mechanisms for enabling teachers and designers to collaboratively develop learning designs. These events provide both virtual and in-person support through communities, resources, and opportunities for reflection. The document lists the project team members and provides an overview of OULDI's facets including its evidence base, connections, representations, and collaborations. It also describes tools developed by the project like Cloudworks and CompendiumLD.

1. Collaboration: Structured events for + OULDI people
fostering shared meaning and co-creation • Professor Gráinne Conole (Project
Leader)
• Dr Simon Cross (Project Manager,
visualisation, surveys)
• Rebecca Galley (Project Officer, events, OU Learning Design
workshops, evaluation)
• Paul Mundin (Project Officer, curriculum
mapping) Initiative (OULDI)
• Dr Juliette Culver (Lead Cloudworks
developer)
Cloudfests and Design • Andrew Brasher (CompendiumLD
summits developer)
• Dr Paul Clark (Project Consultant,
visualisation)
• Dr Nick Frear (Cloudworks developer,
Design Challenge
internationalisation, accessibility) + Overview
A series of workshops and events exploring mechanisms
Recent publications
+ Conole, Grainne (2009). Stepping over the edge: the The project aim is to develop and
for enabling teachers/ designers to develop and co-create
implications of new technologies for education. In: Lee, implement a methodology for learning
learning designs. These range from specialised ‘real’
Mark J.W. and McLoughlin, Catherine eds. Web 2.0-Based design composed of tools, practice and
design events augmented by virtual support activities, E-Learning: Applying Social Informatics for Tertiary
communities and resources, through to more reflective Teaching. Hershey, PA: Information Science Publishing.
other innovation that both builds upon,
events such as the Cloudfests which support practitioner and contributes to, existing academic
reflection, feedback and elicitation from other researchers Conole, G., Brasher, A., Cross, S., Weller, M., Clark, P. and and practitioner research.
in the field. White, J. (2008), Visualising learning design to foster and
support good practice and creativity, Educational Media
International, Volume 54, Issue 3, 177-194.
Conole, G., Culver, J., Well, M., Williams, P., Cross, S.,
+ Facets of OULDI work
Clark, P. and Brasher, A. (2008), Cloudworks: social • Evidence base
networking for learning design, Ascilite Conference, 30th
Nov – 3rd Dec 2008, Melbourne. • Connection
• Representation
Conole, G., Culver, J. (2009) Cloudworks: Social
networking for learning design, Austrailian Journal of
• Collaboration
Educational Technology, Volume 25, Issue 5, 763-782.
Further information about the initiative
Website: http://ouldi.open.ac.uk
Gráinne Conole (Project Leader)
Blurring real & virtual Blog: http://e4innovation.com

2. Connection: Harnessing web 2.0 Representation: Tools, guidance
Evidence base: Understanding
practices to foster debate and and schema to support
the design process
sharing representation and design
+ Methodology +Cloudworks
• Interviewing teachers
www.cloudworks.ac.uk
• Baseline mapping of • Open, drawing on web
Curriculum design 2.0 practices
• Surveys and • Clouds as core objects –
questionnaires social, cumulative,
• Evaluating workshops and intelligent
conferences • Cross-boundary, both filtering/ Seeing curriculum differently
• Web statistics and Google analytics personalisable and serendipitous
• Observation and reflective logs • Offering different views of design
• Dynamic and evolving through use • Process rather than content-focused
• Evidence from policy documents, blogs, Twitter, alongside real events as well as virtual
email etc • Alternatives to text-based descriptions
ones
• Recognising design at different levels – from activity to
• Focus always on sharing, finding and whole course
discussing educational ideas and designs
• Visual – tables & diagrams, descriptive & metaphorical
+ CompendiumLD
www.compendiumld.open.ac.uk
CompendiumLD is a software tool for designing
learning activities using a flexible interface. It is being
developed as a tool to support lecturers, teachers
and others involved in education to help articulate
their ideas and map out a design or learning
sequence.
CompendiumLD is a
specialised form of the
+ Learning Design: a definition concept mapping
software Compendium,
A methodology for enabling teachers/designers to make developed by the
more informed decisions in how they go about Knowledge Media
designing, which is pedagogically informed and makes Institute (KMi) at the
effective use of appropriate resources and technologies OU.