Course Map- Gives an ‘at a glance’ overview of the course or module across four dimensions

Rebecca Galley, OULDI Project Officer, IET, Open University

Three principles…

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• The use of representational frameworks as a means of describing learning activity

• Mechanisms to encourage the sharing and discussing of learning and teaching ideas

• The development of empirical research and conceptual tools to help guide the decision-making process

The Course Map- Gives an ‘at a glance’ overview of the course or module across four dimensions

Course aspects facilitation cards- Includes 50 cards and some blank ‘jokers’. The card set can be used to support design thinking and decision making about what the core course features, and supports completion of the Module Map representation.

• Mediates early, creative design discussion

•Makes implicit ‘hunches’ about core features more explicit

•Reveals how far there is shared consensus about the what the course will be like, and where the differences are across the team

•Stimulates thinking about new (for the designer) tools and approaches

•Produces a sketchy overview of what the course will be like

Activity: 10 mins1. In teams of 4(ish) sift through the card set and sort the cards into

3 piles

2. Agree on no more than 15 cards that you and your team feel describe the core features of the MOOC

3. Once agreed, sort these 15 cards in to colour groups

Yes (a core

feature)

Yes/ poss

(not a core

feature)

No/ not relevant

Support and Guidance

Communication and

Collaboration

Content and Experience

Reflection and Demonstration

4. Have a look at your cards. Are any colour of cards missing? If so, what might be the impact on the MOOC experience?

5. Make any changes to your 12 as required

6. Use blu-tac to fix your chosen cards to the A3 Dimensions sheets on the wall.

7. How far is there agreement across the workshop? What are the key features, and what might need revisiting later?

Balancing the curriculum: 10 mins

Activity summary to camera: 7 min

8. Allocate team roles.– A team representative to

summarise your team’s design discussion and anything of note.

– An interviewer to ask prompt questions if required

– Someone to film a 5 min summary

9. Create your 5 min film (please note this film will be uploaded to the projects YouTube channel and embedded in the activity Cloud http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/6397