The document evaluates a new approach to learning design that uses explicit design-based methods rather than implicit, belief-based approaches. It discusses how social media offers new ways to communicate and collaborate but these opportunities are not fully exploited. The Learning Design project at the Open University encourages reflective practices and sharing to promote better design. The document outlines the Design-Practice project which involves reviewing and repurposing existing resources, localization, and evaluation.
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This document discusses frameworks for classifying learning design representations and tools. It proposes a multi-dimensional framework with two key dimensions: degree of formalism and degree of abstraction. Different representation types such as textual, visual, and combinations are mapped within this framework based on their purpose and intended user. Examples of existing representations are also discussed and placed within the proposed dimensions to demonstrate how the framework can be applied. The framework is intended to help bring order to the variety of existing design representations and identify areas for further research.
My books- Hacking Digital Learning Strategies http://hackingdls.com & Learning to Go https://gum.co/learn2go
Resources at http://shellyterrell.com/classmanagement
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This document summarizes a study of CEO succession events among the largest 100 U.S. corporations between 2005-2015. The study analyzed executives who were passed over for the CEO role ("succession losers") and their subsequent careers. It found that 74% of passed over executives left their companies, with 30% eventually becoming CEOs elsewhere. However, companies led by succession losers saw average stock price declines of 13% over 3 years, compared to gains for companies whose CEO selections remained unchanged. The findings suggest that boards generally identify the most qualified CEO candidates, though differences between internal and external hires complicate comparisons.
This document provides a list of terms related to innovative teaching and learning approaches. Some of the terms included are innovative for students/faculty, collaborative conversations, tutor assessment, authentic resources, reflective logs/blogs, blended approaches, one-on-one tutorials, self-assessment, theory-based/practice-based, continuous assessment, research-based inquiry, group tutorials, peer assessment, problem-based learning, international scope, active discovery, reused/found resources, social learning, applied concepts, and computer-marked assessment. The document outlines different pedagogical strategies without further description.
This document provides a template for mapping out a course across four dimensions: guidance and support, content and experience, reflection and demonstration, and communication and collaboration. The template includes sections for the course title, a summary overview, and keywords.
The document evaluates a new approach to learning design that uses explicit design-based methods rather than implicit, belief-based approaches. It discusses how social media offers new ways to communicate and collaborate but these opportunities are not fully exploited. The Learning Design project at the Open University encourages reflective practices and sharing to promote better design. The document outlines the Design-Practice project which involves reviewing and repurposing existing resources, localization, and evaluation.
A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SPACE FOR LEARNING DESIGN REPRESENTATIONS AND TOOLSFrancesca Pozzi
This document discusses frameworks for classifying learning design representations and tools. It proposes a multi-dimensional framework with two key dimensions: degree of formalism and degree of abstraction. Different representation types such as textual, visual, and combinations are mapped within this framework based on their purpose and intended user. Examples of existing representations are also discussed and placed within the proposed dimensions to demonstrate how the framework can be applied. The framework is intended to help bring order to the variety of existing design representations and identify areas for further research.
My books- Hacking Digital Learning Strategies http://hackingdls.com & Learning to Go https://gum.co/learn2go
Resources at http://shellyterrell.com/classmanagement
The reality for companies that are trying to figure out their blogging or content strategy is that there's a lot of content to write beyond just the "buy now" page.
The document discusses how personalization and dynamic content are becoming increasingly important on websites. It notes that 52% of marketers see content personalization as critical and 75% of consumers like it when brands personalize their content. However, personalization can create issues for search engine optimization as dynamic URLs and content are more difficult for search engines to index than static pages. The document provides tips for SEOs to help address these personalization and SEO challenges, such as using static URLs when possible and submitting accurate sitemaps.
This document summarizes a study of CEO succession events among the largest 100 U.S. corporations between 2005-2015. The study analyzed executives who were passed over for the CEO role ("succession losers") and their subsequent careers. It found that 74% of passed over executives left their companies, with 30% eventually becoming CEOs elsewhere. However, companies led by succession losers saw average stock price declines of 13% over 3 years, compared to gains for companies whose CEO selections remained unchanged. The findings suggest that boards generally identify the most qualified CEO candidates, though differences between internal and external hires complicate comparisons.
This document provides a list of terms related to innovative teaching and learning approaches. Some of the terms included are innovative for students/faculty, collaborative conversations, tutor assessment, authentic resources, reflective logs/blogs, blended approaches, one-on-one tutorials, self-assessment, theory-based/practice-based, continuous assessment, research-based inquiry, group tutorials, peer assessment, problem-based learning, international scope, active discovery, reused/found resources, social learning, applied concepts, and computer-marked assessment. The document outlines different pedagogical strategies without further description.
This document provides a template for mapping out a course across four dimensions: guidance and support, content and experience, reflection and demonstration, and communication and collaboration. The template includes sections for the course title, a summary overview, and keywords.
The document provides an overview of a course map and facilitation cards that can be used to design an online course.
The course map gives a high-level view of a course across four dimensions. The facilitation cards, which include 50 cards and blank options, can be used to support design thinking and decisions about core course features. Teams can sort the cards into piles to identify yes, possibly, and no core features to develop an initial sketch of the course.
Workshop by Rebecca Galley & Nick Freear at the Staff & Educational Development Association (SEDA) annual conference, 17-18 November 2011. We talked about the open-source CloudEngine project, and it's relation to the JISC OULDI project.
The document discusses collaborative curriculum design and outlines three key principles: 1) using representational frameworks to describe learning activities, 2) mechanisms for sharing and discussing teaching ideas, and 3) developing empirical research and conceptual tools to guide decision making. It also describes how representational frameworks make curriculum structures more explicit and visible, highlighting connections. Workshops and social networks allow ongoing discussion and practice sharing. Design activities are proposed to stimulate design dialogues.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like depression and anxiety.
CloudEngine is an open-source platform for creating social websites using clouds and cloudscapes. It powers Cloudworks, which has over 4000 registered users. CloudEngine allows users to directly message each other, host and archive events, search content, and follow other users. Recent updates include improved search functionality, direct messaging features, and embedding tools like YouTube, Prezi, and Google Forms. The developers encourage others to use, contribute to, and provide feedback on Cloudworks and CloudEngine.
A module map is use in planning a course module. It is a succint vision of the planned course, including brief descriptions of key components of a course or module.
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This document discusses a project aimed at shifting curriculum design from implicit, craft-based approaches to more explicit, systematic approaches informed by empirical evidence. It outlines key aspects of curriculum design as a conscious, dialogic, creative, communicative and social process. The project seeks to support the entire design process from initial ideas to implementation and sharing. Methods discussed include curriculum mapping, workshops, and identifying "touch points" for influencing institutional processes. Case studies show how learning design tools and visualizations can promote reflection, collaboration and meeting challenges in curriculum redesign. Success factors include collaborative ethos, championing innovation, and providing structured design opportunities.
The document discusses learning design and tools that can be used to support the learning design process. It describes learning design as both a process of planning learning activities and a product representing that design. Key aspects of learning design include using a shared design language and notational systems to represent and discuss designs. Challenges of learning design include balancing precision with the fuzzy nature of practice and balancing personal designs with those meant to be shared. Tools discussed that support learning design include CompendiumLD and Cloudworks.
The document discusses embedding learning design processes at universities by being responsive to context. It describes workshops held at Brunel University on blended learning design using tools like Cloudworks and Compendium LD. The workshops aimed to introduce staff to learning design methodology and support decisions around creating blended modules. The document also discusses mapping Brunel's curriculum design and review processes to identify opportunities to provide consultation on blended learning. It applied a soft systems methodology to analyze current processes and identify possible improvements.
Cloudworks is a place for sharing and discussing learning and teaching ideas across professional boundaries. It applies best practices of Web 2.0 and since its 2009 launch has nearly 3,000 registered users and over 80,000 visitors. The document discusses how Cloudworks serves as a "pedagogical wrapper" to support idea sharing and recommends including information like prompts for key details and a shared language when uploading sequences to encourage discussion and collaboration.
The document discusses different methods for mapping learning designs at the macro, meso, and micro levels:
1. A Course Map provides an overview of a course across four key dimensions.
2. A Learning Outcomes view shows how learning activities and assessments align with intended outcomes.
3. A Pedagogy Profile maps different student activity types across a course or sequence of learning events.
The goal is to represent learning designs using a shared language and notational system to generate, interpret, discuss, remember, navigate, and share learning designs. Different representations are needed to articulate certain design elements.
Cloudworks is a place for sharing and discussing learning and teaching ideas across professional boundaries. It applies best practices of Web 2.0 and since its 2009 launch has nearly 3,000 registered users and over 80,000 visitors. The document discusses how Cloudworks serves as a "pedagogical wrapper" to support idea sharing and recommends including information like prompts for key details and a shared language when uploading sequences to encourage discussion and collaboration.
Cloudworks is a place for sharing and discussing learning and teaching ideas across professional boundaries. It applies best practices of Web 2.0 and since its 2009 launch has nearly 3,000 registered users and over 80,000 visitors. The document discusses how Cloudworks serves as a "pedagogical wrapper" to support idea sharing and recommends developing functions to allow sequences uploaded to other systems to be embedded in Cloudworks to promote discussion and collaboration.
The document introduces three design representations for mapping out a course:
1) A Course Map view represents a course in terms of content and activities, communication and collaboration, guidance and support, and reflection and demonstration.
2) A Pedagogy Profile characterizes learning tasks into six types and looks at the spread of assessment across a course.
3) A Learning Outcomes view maps learning activities and assessment tasks to intended learning outcomes, based on the premise that students construct meaning from learning activities which are aligned to outcomes by teachers.
CompendiumLD is a website that provides tools, tasks, and affordances for learning design. It is being developed by the Open University as part of their Learning Design initiative, and is currently funded by the Open University and JISC.
CompendiumLD is a tool being developed by the Open University and funded by the Open University and JISC to help visualize learning designs and outcomes. It allows users to see learning outcomes and how they connect to activities, resources and assessments in a course. The goal is to help improve course design and allow sharing of best practices between educators.
The document discusses learning design, which involves structuring learning activities and workflows deliberately to promote effective learning. Learning design records these structures to enable sharing and reuse. It focuses on Open University's Learning Design Initiative, which aims to bridge good pedagogical practice with technology use through developing tools and resources. These include visualizing learning designs, mapping processes, and integrating support across formal and informal design processes. The initiative also provides training and a toolbox of resources to support effective learning design.
The document discusses photos from an Away Day Learning Design Workshop hosted by As&SS. The workshop focused on learning design and allowed participants to learn new skills, collaborate with others, and discuss strategies for developing engaging online content. Participants engaged in hands-on activities and discussions to explore effective practices for virtual learning environments.
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The course map gives a high-level view of a course across four dimensions. The facilitation cards, which include 50 cards and blank options, can be used to support design thinking and decisions about core course features. Teams can sort the cards into piles to identify yes, possibly, and no core features to develop an initial sketch of the course.
Workshop by Rebecca Galley & Nick Freear at the Staff & Educational Development Association (SEDA) annual conference, 17-18 November 2011. We talked about the open-source CloudEngine project, and it's relation to the JISC OULDI project.
The document discusses collaborative curriculum design and outlines three key principles: 1) using representational frameworks to describe learning activities, 2) mechanisms for sharing and discussing teaching ideas, and 3) developing empirical research and conceptual tools to guide decision making. It also describes how representational frameworks make curriculum structures more explicit and visible, highlighting connections. Workshops and social networks allow ongoing discussion and practice sharing. Design activities are proposed to stimulate design dialogues.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like depression and anxiety.
CloudEngine is an open-source platform for creating social websites using clouds and cloudscapes. It powers Cloudworks, which has over 4000 registered users. CloudEngine allows users to directly message each other, host and archive events, search content, and follow other users. Recent updates include improved search functionality, direct messaging features, and embedding tools like YouTube, Prezi, and Google Forms. The developers encourage others to use, contribute to, and provide feedback on Cloudworks and CloudEngine.
A module map is use in planning a course module. It is a succint vision of the planned course, including brief descriptions of key components of a course or module.
Cloudworks and CloudEngine are platforms that allow users to share ideas across professional boundaries through the use of "clouds" and "cloudscapes". Cloudworks has over 4000 registered users and 95,000 unique visitors weekly. CloudEngine is free open source software that powers Cloudworks and allows users to create social websites using clouds and cloudscapes. It features messaging, hosting events, search, profiles, and more. Evaluation of Cloudworks uses a conceptual community framework to understand interaction and knowledge sharing on the platform.
This document discusses a project aimed at shifting curriculum design from implicit, craft-based approaches to more explicit, systematic approaches informed by empirical evidence. It outlines key aspects of curriculum design as a conscious, dialogic, creative, communicative and social process. The project seeks to support the entire design process from initial ideas to implementation and sharing. Methods discussed include curriculum mapping, workshops, and identifying "touch points" for influencing institutional processes. Case studies show how learning design tools and visualizations can promote reflection, collaboration and meeting challenges in curriculum redesign. Success factors include collaborative ethos, championing innovation, and providing structured design opportunities.
The document discusses learning design and tools that can be used to support the learning design process. It describes learning design as both a process of planning learning activities and a product representing that design. Key aspects of learning design include using a shared design language and notational systems to represent and discuss designs. Challenges of learning design include balancing precision with the fuzzy nature of practice and balancing personal designs with those meant to be shared. Tools discussed that support learning design include CompendiumLD and Cloudworks.
The document discusses embedding learning design processes at universities by being responsive to context. It describes workshops held at Brunel University on blended learning design using tools like Cloudworks and Compendium LD. The workshops aimed to introduce staff to learning design methodology and support decisions around creating blended modules. The document also discusses mapping Brunel's curriculum design and review processes to identify opportunities to provide consultation on blended learning. It applied a soft systems methodology to analyze current processes and identify possible improvements.
Cloudworks is a place for sharing and discussing learning and teaching ideas across professional boundaries. It applies best practices of Web 2.0 and since its 2009 launch has nearly 3,000 registered users and over 80,000 visitors. The document discusses how Cloudworks serves as a "pedagogical wrapper" to support idea sharing and recommends including information like prompts for key details and a shared language when uploading sequences to encourage discussion and collaboration.
The document discusses different methods for mapping learning designs at the macro, meso, and micro levels:
1. A Course Map provides an overview of a course across four key dimensions.
2. A Learning Outcomes view shows how learning activities and assessments align with intended outcomes.
3. A Pedagogy Profile maps different student activity types across a course or sequence of learning events.
The goal is to represent learning designs using a shared language and notational system to generate, interpret, discuss, remember, navigate, and share learning designs. Different representations are needed to articulate certain design elements.
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The document introduces three design representations for mapping out a course:
1) A Course Map view represents a course in terms of content and activities, communication and collaboration, guidance and support, and reflection and demonstration.
2) A Pedagogy Profile characterizes learning tasks into six types and looks at the spread of assessment across a course.
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