June 25-29, 2007 Vancouver BC, Canada - Association for the ...

PRE-CONFERENCE TUTORIALS & WORKSHOPS
Monday, June 25, Afternoon, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
W3: Reusable Learning Designs: How to Capture Powerful Pedagogical Patterns (bring your laptop)
Dawn Leeder, University of Cambridge, UK
Tom Boyle, London Metropolitan University, UK
John Cook, London Metropolitan University, UK
Richard Windle, University of Nottingham, UK
Raquel Morales, University of Cambridge, UK
Abstract
This sell-out workshop ran in the UK in November and December 2006 as part of
the JISC Design for Learning Programme . Participants are introduced to the principles
of reusable learning design, the pedagogical attributes of learning objects
and how this fits with the IMS Learning Design framework. The workshop commences
with a practitioner questionnaire to identify current practice, followed by a
lively and engaging mix of short presentations rooted firmly in practice. The central
focus of the workshop is the brainstorming and storyboarding of reusable learning
designs in small groups facilitated by roving presenters. Participants work on
poster-sized blow-ups of the storyboards and present their results which are compared,
discussed and evaluated by all participants. The outputs are digitally
archived to the RLO-CETL website for subsequent download. The workshop is practical,
hands-on and practitioner-focused and requires no prerequisite knowledge or
specialist equipment. It is facilitated by experts from the Centre for Excellence in
Teaching and Learning in Reusable Learning Objects (RLO-CETL), UK.
Objectives
This workshop will enable participants to:
• Understand the background and rationale for reusable learning designs
• Complete a practitioner questionnaire describing their current practice
• Understand the relationship between learning objectives, learning objects and
learning designs
• Identify the pedagogical attributes of learning objects and how this relates to
IMS learning design
• Describe examples of reusable learning designs from practice
• Understand how reusable learning designs are evaluated
• Complete a pedagogical design sheet
• Have hands-on experience of collaborative work in small groups to capture
learning designs
• Abstract pedagogical patterns from the designs that have been produced
through facilitated discussion
• Be able to subsequently download the archived designs for future use
Outline
• Outline of the workshop’s activities
• Introduction to the learning design project and the JISC Design for Learning
Programme
• Learning Design Showcase – demonstrations of a variety of learning designs
in practice
• Facilitated discussion of the principles of pedagogical patterns
• Background to the pedagogical attributes of learning objects and how this
relates to the IMS Learning Design Framework
• Brainstorm learning designs to develop in small groups
• Interactive hands-on session. Collaborative work on storyboard posters to
capture learning designs in small groups facilitated by roving presenters
• Presentation and discussion of group work
• Outputs captured digitally to be archived
Draft programme:
14:00 Tea/coffee and introductions
14:15Outline of the day’s activities
14:30 Learning design showcase
14:50 Attributes of learning objects, how this relates to IMS Learning Design 15:15
Small group brainstorming to identify topics suitable for development
15:30 Tea/coffee
15:45 Interactive hands-on session. Working collaboratively on storyboard posters
to capture learning designs in small groups facilitated by roving presenters
17.00 Presentation and discussion of group work. Results are captured digitally to
be archived on the RLO-CETL website.
17.30 Close
Prerequisites
The workshop will be of interest to educators, developers, educational technologists,
IT and support staff, instructional designers, content providers, staff developers,
administrators, e-learning champions and anyone with an interest in the pedagogical
effectiveness of e-learning. No prior experience is required other than a willingness
to participate in hands-on learning design activities. Beginners are welcome!
Intended Experience Level
Beginner
Instructor Qualifications
Dawn Leeder is Reward & Development Manager, RLO-CETL, Cambridge University,
UK with special responsibility for staff development programmes and international
dissemination. As Director of Universities' Collaboration in eLearning (UCeL), Dawn
devised the innovative “unlocking content” workshop format where practitioners
engage in hands-on content creation activities and these workshops have been
running to international acclaim since 2002. More recently the workshop format
has been adopted by RLO-CETL as a most effective method for introducing practitioners
to the joys and pitfalls of reusable learning object development. As Principal
Investigator of the “Sharing the LOAD project”, a part of the JISC Design for
Learning Programme, Dawn has recently facilitated 4 sell-out UK workshops to
capture pedagogical patterns underpinning reusable learning designs.
Tutorials are indicated by a T# and have a lecture/demonstration format. Workshops are indicated by a W# and are primarily hands-on sessions.
We advise early registration for all Tutorials and Workshops due to limited space available.
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