Thank you David for sharing this aproach to curriculum development. It looks practical and indeed focused upon learning.

Perhaps it might usefully include two further steps. 1) A preliminary step that requires the designers to identify their educational philosophy-- the logic and values that underpin the design of the course. 2) An implementation strategy that acknowledges that the 'plan' of the written curriculum will need to be implemented by tutors who will interpret it , apply it in particular contexts and personalise it to students.

These two steps support a view of learning and teaching that resists an over-emphasis upon a technical approach to teaching and accomodates uncertainty in the educational process. It invites curriculum designers and teachers ( if these are different groups- teachers may design a curriculum) to adopt a reflective approach to teaching and learning that promotes and informs how the curriculum evolves.

Anne

Dr Anne Mc Kee
Head of the Centre for Educational Development
Senior Lecturer



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Sent: Thu 10/5/2006 2:00 PM
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May I offer to this debate a model of curriculum development? The attached
page summarises the model. I am happy to send more information to anyone who
wants it. I am using the model on a current curriculum development project. I
shall take the model further at the November SEDA conference, in a workshop
titled (in acknowledgement of John Biggs) 'Xtreme constructive alignment'. I
shall write the model up at greater length at some stage. The model is readily
adaptable into a tool - indeed it already is almost is a tool. The model is
simplistic, and no doubt flawed in many other ways. But it offers a way of
thinking about and doing curriculum development that is rooted in learning. Some
 are finding it useful. I'd welcome reactions.
 
David Baume
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I would like to add my voice to a request for further info about any of
these items. I have been doing some work on visual course design aids with 3
universities, and would be very grateful for any info in this connection to add
to what we are doing. It is the area of 'semi-formal' designs that I am
working in, helping academics articulate their plans and strategies in order to
produce more formal designs. This is particularly in the context of course
design for flexibe and e-learning approaches where people experience problems in
visualising the 'big picture' and differences to existing practice and
implications. Our work is informed by the developments of the IMS Learning Design
Specification community - but is resolutely lo-tech in approach.
 
If anyone is interested in sharing to create a set of freely available
resources and tools (that is where we are headed) I would be very interested to
hear from them.
 
Best Wishes
John
 
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UHI Millennium Institute
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In relation to this - I would also be interested in key generic resources
that colleagues have found particularly useful on curriculum/course
design/redesign - we are redeveloping our PG Cert course design module, and are also
about to develop a university-wide course design support 'tool'...

 


 
thank you in advance for any suggestions/recommendations

 


 
ali

 


 



Ali Cooper
Professional and Educational Development Adviser
Programme Director for Certificate in Academic Practice (CAP)
Centre for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT)
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Lancaster University
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Subject: curriculum development training and facilitation






 
Colleagues

 
This year I have been receiving a lot of requests from course leaders, Deans
 and heads of department for some structured help with curriculum development
 and redesign. While we are putting together a professional development
programme from keen developers within our own University and throughout the
sector in the Irish context, I'd be very grateful if any of you could point me in
the direction of really good tried and tested expertise/
trainers/facilitators in the UK or further afield. In particular, if you can recommend someone
with specific expertise in curriculum development and redesign in the
Humanities disciplines, that would be very useful.

 
Many thanks

 
Sarah Moore

 


 
Dean, Teaching and Learning

 
University of Limerick

 
Limerick

 
IRELAND


 
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