Quic kTime™ and a TIFF (Unc ompres sed) dec ompres sor are needed to see this pic ture. 8-11 August 2006 Ottawa Congress Centre Working with and Learning from Pedagogical Expertise Diana Laurillard QuickTime™ and a None decompressor are needed to see this picture. Quic kTime™ and a TIFF (Unc ompres sed) dec ompres sor are needed to see this pic ture. 8-11 August 2006 Ottawa Congress Centre Outline The strategic context for e-learning What practitioners want from strategy Drivers and enablers for innovative change What practitioners want from learning design Learning design information flow A Module Planner A Pedagogy Planner Why does it matter? - A global perspective QuickTime™ and a None decompressor are needed to see this picture. DfES 5-year strategy for education and skills (2005) The aims for a 21st century system… Personalisation and choice Opening up services Flexibility and independence Staff development Collaborative partnerships DfES e-learning strategy (2005) • Personalise teaching and learning will need the contributions ICT and elearning can make, to… • Include the hard to reach groups • Open up a more flexible system • Improve productivity and effectiveness DfES E-Learning consultation 2004 Barriers to innovation - what the practitioners say: Low skills • leaders need support for planning and resourcing ICT • teachers need support to improve their use of ICT Weak content • does not exploit the technology for pedagogy • immature commercial market • unsuitable assessment methods that inhibit change Lack of infrastructure management • need a more robust approach to standards • more institutional capacity to sustain ICT infrastructure • a common approach to networks and platforms • a joined-up approach to procurement DfES cross-sector e-learning strategy (2005) The aims for a 21st century system… Personalisation and choice Opening up services will need the contributions ICT and e-learning can make, to… Flexibility and independence Staff development Collaborative partnerships • Personalise teaching and learning • Include the hard to reach groups • Open up a more flexible system • Improve productivity and effectiveness An integrated online information service Online learning and personal support for learners A collaborative approach to personalised learning ICT training and support package for practitioners A leadership package for organisational capability A common digital infrastructure What does it take to innovate in teaching? Drivers = things you can’t ignore • Strategic plans • Funding imperatives • Learner needs • Stakeholder demands • Career opportunities • Curriculum requirements • Assessment requirements • Quality standards Drivers Teachers Designers Leaders A strategy must address all these drivers What does it take to innovate in teaching? Enablers = things you can’t do without Drivers • Training and development • Information & guidance Teachers • Shareable resources Designers • Online communities Leaders • Learning design toolkits • Economic modelling • R&D on pedagogies • ICT systems and services Enablers • Rights and IPR advice A strategy must provide all these enablers Drivers and enablers for the teacher? Learner needs Curriculum requirements Drivers Career opportunities Quality standards Assessment requirements Teachers Information, advice Shareable resources Online communities Economic modelling R&D on pedagogies Training and development ICT systems and services Learning design toolkits Rights and Enablers IPR advice We must address all these drivers and enablers JISC Design for Learning Programme: a ‘pedagogy planner’ Assistance to promote e-learning quality and re-use Theory-based but adaptable in light of practice Support for ‘module’ level blended learning Support for ‘session’ level blended learning Enabling iterative design of e-learning Enabling lecturers to collaborate An implementation environment for testing e-learning A User-oriented Planner for Learning Analysis and Design Findings from lecturers - Module planning Give me ideas Offer sources of inspiration Key issueMotivate is lackwith ofpersonalised time; Help planning the learning - staff, low ITtoskills -out scaffold it links between Help me design teachingAssumeNeed map module students and managers carefully,over make it painless objectives, resources, weeks then work at alland have to and want it must learning activities; Language terminology sequencing timing Key issue is lackhave of be explained and changeable Planning in Other tutors may Make it easy familiarity assessment; Must be work able to workwith from managed or pedagogy, existing negotiated plans and materials Address risks of Not sure what’s innovation Plan usePlan of VLE and what it for diverse possible withdifferent new this level with Help me plan the work offers atstudents, technology skills and experience, Overcoming system barriers need for staff hints andpacing, tips from other feedback Findings from lecturers - Pedagogy planning Make the design tool flexible Must be able to start at any stage, working Introduce balance Couldnovelty be onebut objective from macro to micro, Start from a model that or with efficacy per week, or 1.5 weeks, or starting at micro can be changed Make it easy several objectives A framework for thinking, me modify as KeepLet it what’s simple, but reminders of possible, Need support for timing of moduleand develops, extensible standard new techniques student work solutions, expanding granularity templates are good if they Give me ideas expand horizons, ideas not Allow(conditions links to existing change) produce something Begin with broad advice, talking heads planning tools - of other The tool should concepts thenof lecturers, drop-down menu Offer generic template, MindManager,and respond to initial ones prioritise - which need alternatives and module-specific Give me help with design ideas,ModuleGenie conditions -which e.g. offer instruction, need and links to subject Link activities to resources Output to powerpoint activities appropriate learner activity examples Find could the relevant resources benumbers useful; don’t limit for Enable lecturers to output must be easily Adapt to my practice Link to types of pedagogy: share their practice available typologies to promote variety Learning Design Information Flow Initial conditions: Curriculum Assessment Resources Learners From basic initial data: Module Design the Data Data outline overall module outline Data Data Session plans and learning activities Students Data Data Course Schedule/ Calendar Publish to staff and students Data Distribution of resources Data Design the overall module outline Given the basic information about the module, you can use this template to plan the initial version of the objectives, assignments and resources Course title Title Current ideas Experience Keywords/ phrases Notes on lessons Distill aims, learned from outline, interests, previous reading, problems, and experience learning objectives into keywords and phrases for search Red refers to information that passes to other decision points Blue refers to information passed from other decisions Course credit hours Course level Overall aims Outline curriculum Aim 1 Aim 2 Aim 3 Aim 4 Topic 1 Topic Topic Topic Topic Participants' interests 1 2 3 4 Problems / misconceptions 1 2 3 4 2 3 4 5 Web-pages or Spreadsheet “Give me ideas” A filled template [related] Topical web links Related case studies “Make it website easy” Subject centre Research findings Output to next stage: Examiners’ reports StudentTopics feedback forms Quality reports Learner needs Requirements of professional bodies Objectives Assessment types Credit hours Staff resource No. of students Learning Design Information Flow Initial conditions: Curriculum Assessment Resources Learners Data Session plans and learning activities Students Data From basic initial data: Module Design the Data Data outline overall module outline From overall Distribution Data outline: Plan of resources Data resource use Data Course Schedule/ Calendar Publish to staff and students Data Decide study hours by method Please assign total student time (hours) to be spent on each of the following (activities set in module plan): Lecture “More likely to plan Tutorial study hours by content Reading material than by method” Library work “Methods have to fit Assignment together as part of a Workshop learning activity” Interactive testing Computer-based tools Total matches? Web resources Online asynchronous conference Online synchronous conference Assign learning activities to study hours/methods This is your current plan for how students spend their time on this course/module: Student time (hours) to be spent on learning activities for each medium Learning activities Attending Investigating Discussing Practising Articulating Total contact Total study Lecture Tutorial 2 Print 1 Library 5 TMA Workshop ICMA 2 2 4 1 5 5 1 1 2 Tools WebR CMC 1 2 4 4 2 AudioGr Total hours 1 12 5 3 2 10 16 7 3 14 3 36 4 Learner is taking active part 6 4 10 4 6 3 in discussion, not necessarily Digital tools for data talking all the time, but “Help me plan the work” manipulation, charting, expecting to talk. If they are “Help me design the teaching” designing, testing, etc. not taking part, but listening, Show example or 'lurking', then that activity would count asof 'attending'. Is this an appropriate balance learning activities? 2 5 > 20% of student time on ‘attending’ may be too much? Change or reassign learning activities to suit your context Learning Design Information Flow Initial conditions: Curriculum Assessment Resources Learners Data Data Data Session plans and learning activities Students Data Module outline Data From overall Distribution Data outline: Plan of resources Data resource use FromCourse resource Data distribution: Schedule/Plan theCalendar schedule Publish to staff and students Develop the Module Calendar All weeks Yellow cells/columns can be edited Week 1 Objectives: Week 1 This is your Module Calendar for the 4 weeks. Academic Support Student Student Academic Support staff to contact study methods staff staff can The times you have staff assigned selected contact contact hours hours contact contact now be distributedhours by student contact and hours hoursstudy hours time, and senior and support staff time. Objectives Staff/student time in Student Student contact study blue is transferred hours hours from the 'Template' worksheet. Red denotes calculated cells Objectives Lecture Yellow cells/columns can be edited Objectives:1 Week 1 Staff/student time in maroon is transferred Tutorial 3 from the 'Template' worksheet. Red denotes calculated Print 4 cells Library 4 Lecture Tutorial Marked ass't 4 Print Library Marked ass't Workshop 5 Workshop Comp-marked ass't Comp-marked ass't 5 Comp-based tools Web resources Comp-based tools 4 Online conf Audio graphics Totals 12 28 16 112 2 7 43 Web resources Online conf 4 Audio graphics 3 Totals 12 28 Student Student Academic contact study staff hours hours contact hours Support staff contact hours Student Student Academic contact study staff hours hours contact hours 1 10 0 0 10 1 5 2 0 1 1 10 70 0 0 Objectives: Week 2 Support staff contact hours Student contact hours 0 20 0 4 1 27 20 5 0 0 1 7 3 8 30 Objectives: Week 3 Student Academic Support Student Student study staff staff contact study hours contact contact hours hours hours hours Objectives: Week 4 Academic staff contact hours Support staff contact hours Student contact hours 1 Student Academic Support Student Student study staff staff contact study hours contact contact hours hours hours hours Academic staff contact hours 4 1 1 6 Support staff contact hours “Lecturers 1 should be able 2 2 to generate 1 more columns” 2 1 10 The first four columns show the total time for staff and 16 112 2 7 4 19 students, across your selected methods The totals in the end columns should match those in the first columns. 1 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 3 4 3 1 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 4 27 20 0 0 3 8 30 1 4 1 1 1 6 1 2 2 1 1 2 10 1 19 2 1 1 2 2 10 1 15 3 1 1 7 1 1 15 3 1 1 4 7 1 27 20 1 1 2 1 6 1 2 10 18 41 1 1 8 2 3 37 1 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 4 4 0 5 4 3 4 0 1 10 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 4 27 20 0 0 3 8 30 12 28 26 112 Generate the Module Calendar and Study Guide The Module Calendar generates an outline Study Guide that can be edited for publishing in the LMS. The contact and study hours assigned to each method have been entered into this template. Edit the yellow squares to fit the objectives for each week. Study Guide for Times and objectives in blue are transferred from Course Calendar Course title Yellow shaded boxes are to be edited Activities for Week 1: There will be a lecture on There will be one tutorial this week on Prepare for the tutorial by reading Library work is reading The assignment to be marked is There will be a workshop on There is a computer assignment on Investigate the web resources Use the An online conference on There will be an audio online tutorial on Objectives: Week 1 Lecture 1 Title Tut 1 Text 1 Reading list 1 Ass't 1 Workshop 1 ICMA 1 Websites 1 Title Tool 1 Conf 1 Title AG1 Study Guide for Time (hrs) at at Time Lect 1 Time Tut 1 at Time W/S 1 at Time AG1 Activities for Week 2: 0 There will be a lecture on 1 There will be one tutorial this week on 1 Prepare for the tutorial by reading 1 Library work is reading 0 The assignment to be marked is 0 There will be a workshop on 2 There is a computer assignment on 0 Investigate the web resources 2 Use the 1 An online conference on 1 There will be an audio online tutorial on “Help me plan the work” “Make it easy” “Help me design the teaching” Course title Study times and objectives have been transferred from the Module Calendar Objectives: Week 2 Lecture 2 Title Tut 2 Text 2 Reading list 2 Ass't 2 Workshop 2 ICMA 2 Websites 2 Title Tool 2 Conf 2 Title AG2 Time (hrs) at at Time Lect 2 Time Tut 2 at Time W/S 2 at Time AG2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 Learning Design Information Flow Initial conditions: Curriculum Assessment Resources Learners Data Data Data Data From the Session Plan schedule: plans and the pedagogy learning and learning activities activities Students Data Module outline Data Data Distribution of resources From resource Course distribution: Schedule/Plan Calendar the schedule Publish to staff and students Data Session planning - the ‘Pedagogy Planner’) Select a session or week to design in detail Week 1: Objective(s) 1 (from Study Guide) Week 2: Objective(s) 2 (from Study Guide) Week 3: Objective(s) 3 (from Study Guide) Week 4: Objective(s) 4 (from Study Guide) Planning a session Where do you wish to begin (tick one)? “Make the design tool flexible” Refine the learning objective(s) for this Session Define likely learner difficulties with this topic “This would beobjectives good for Decide what it takes to achieve these helping new tutors” Adapt a related learning activity sequence “By making plans explicit, this process might help Design a new learning activity sequence students to force recalcitrant Implement a learning activity design LAMS lecturers to dointheir job properly” Decide what it takes to achieve these objectives Week 2: [Objectives from Module Calendar] “Use student “Capture experiences feedback forms” Student contact time: 2 hours of other lecturers” Student study time: 2 hours patterns help students Method(s): Workshop (2 These hours) Digital tool would (2 hours) thinkinthrough their initial thoughts for an Learners’ needs: [As defined Module Planner and further refined in previous steps…] unfamiliar area of study, and prepare for being introduced to theoretical constructs andlisted definitions. The following learning designs are in order of likely • Related learning patterns usefulness. Raising awareness of alternativeLAMS perspectives on an issue • Related sequence Eliciting and comparing learners’ initial constructs a concept • [Topic] case study from for CETL, JISC Generating constructive questions MLA, etc Supporting a design process • Reusable learning objects for [Topic] Understanding how a system works from MERLOT, etc. and file JORUM, any sequences, Select one to work through, cases or RLOs that might be useful. Adapt a related learning activity sequence This sequence is designed to help learners think through their initial ideas for an unfamiliar field of study, and prepare for understanding the expert definitions and concepts. Work through the sequence, to see how you experience it as a learning process. A sequence to elicit and compare learners’ constructs for ‘paintings’ Property: Yes Q uickTim e™ and a TI FF ( Uncom pr essed) decom pr essor ar e needed t o see t his pict ur e. Link to separate window displaying paintings displayed with access to zoom Q uickTim e™ and a TI FF ( Uncom pr essed) decom pr essor ar e needed t o see t his pict ur e. Q uickTim e™ and a TI FF ( Uncom pr essed) decom pr essor ar e needed t o see t his pict ur e. Q uickTim e™ and a TI FF ( Uncom pr essed) decom pr essor ar e needed t o see t his pict ur e. Voting: Select any three of these paintings Q&A: Can you think of a property or description that applies to two but not to the third? Voting: Which of the rest have this property or feature? No Repeat the last three steps, selecting threes for the student until all instances have been covered at least once Q&A: You have sorted the items in the same way for these properties: A, C, F. What does that tell you? Forum: propose your ideas to others, and compare your sorts - are they the same? Voting: propose and vote on properties that are the most interesting Forum: here are the experts’ definitions - how would you sort using these? Adapt a related learning activity sequence Does it meet the requirements for a fully supported learning process? Access to the teacher/expert ideas Learner can offer their ideas Feedback from other learners Can discuss the work with a teacher Clear task goal Meaningful intrinsic feedback Learners can improve their work Learners can compare their work Can discuss and debate their work framework for The teacher can adjust the “A task set thinking, reminders of what’s possible” RETHINKING UNIVERSITY TEACHING a conversational framework for the effective use of learning technologies 2nd Edition RoutledgeFalmer, 2002 Adapt a related learning activity sequence Does it meet the requirements for a fully supported learning process? Forum: here are the experts’ definitions - how would Access to the teacher/expert ideas Q&A:you Cansort youusing thinkthese? of a Learner can offer their ideas property or description Forum: ideas thatpropose appliesyour to two but to not others, and compare your Feedback from other learners to the third? sorts - are they the No - needs to be adapted Can discuss the work with a teacher same? Not explicitly stated Clear task goal Q&A: You have sorted the items in the same way for Meaningful intrinsic feedback these properties: A, C, F. What does that tell you? Yes if they repeat activities Learners can improve their work Forum: propose your ideas to others, and compare your Learners can compare their work sorts - are they the Forum: propose your ideas to same? others, and compare your Can discuss and debate their work sorts - are they the - needs to be adapted The teacher can adjust the task set Nosame? Adapt a related learning activity sequence Week 2: Objective(s) from Module Calendar Consider the assessable learner output from this pattern: ‘Properties’ defined by individual ‘Properties’ defined by group Discussion contributions Voting decisions Use of expert definitions Does this give you sufficient to assess (a) whether the objective has been achieved, (b) whether the sequence is effective? Adapt the sequence until it is ready for testing Implement and share a learning activity sequence Set up the learning activity design as a LAMS sequence Adapt and test until it is clearly an effective learning design Capture learner outcomes as evidence Publish sequence on the Module website Generalise the topic and activities Publish on the LAMS Community website A sequence to elicit and compare learners’ learners’constructs constructs for for ‘chemicals’ ‘paintings’ Property: Yes Link to separate window displaying chemicals paintings displayed with access to zoom Voting: Which of the rest have this property or feature? No Q&A: You have sorted the items in the same way for these properties: A, C, F. What does that tell you? Voting: propose and vote on properties that are the most interesting Voting: Select any three of these chemicals paintings Q&A: Can you think of a property or description that applies to two but not to the third? the last three steps, “Start from Repeat a model that selecting threes for the student until all instances can be changed” have been covered at least once “Keep it simple, but propose your ideas to extensible -Forum: standard others, and compare your - are they templates aresorts good if the they same? produce something” Forum: here are the experts’ definitions - how would you sort using these? Implement and share a learning activity sequence Set up the learning activity design as a LAMS sequence Adapt and test until it is clearly an effective learning design Capture learner outcomes as evidence Publish sequence on the Module website Generalise the topic and activities Publish on the LAMS Community website A sequence to elicit and compare learners’ constructs for ‘X’ “Offer generic templates, and module-specific ones and Link to separate links to subject examples” window displaying ‘instances of X’ displayed with access to zoom Voting: Select any three of these instances of the concept ‘X’ Q&A: Can you think of a property or description that applies to two but not to the third? From specific to generic ~ The pedagogy is captured in a customisable form and populated with RLOs Voting: Which of the rest have this property or feature? Repeat the last three steps, selecting threes for the student until all instances have been covered at least once Q&A: You have sorted the items in the same way for these properties: A, C, F. What does that tell you? Forum: propose your ideas to others, and compare your sorts - are they the same? Voting: propose and vote on properties that are the most interesting Forum: here are the experts’ definitions - how would you sort using these? Drivers and enablers for the teacher? Learner needs Curriculum requirements Drivers Career Career opportunities opportunities Quality standards Assessment requirements Teachers Information, advice Shareable resources Online communities Economic modelling R&D on pedagogies Training and development ICT systems and services Learning design toolkits Rights and Enablers IPR advice We must address all these drivers and enablers Implement and share a learning activity sequence Set up the learning activity design as a LAMS sequence Adapt and test until it is clearly an effective learning design Capture learner outcomes as evidence Publish sequence on the Module website “Enable lecturers to Generalise the topic and activities share their designs” Publish on the LAMS Community website The LAMS Community - www.lamscommunity.org Add to library of teachers’ sequences Ratings of sequences in terms of usefulness and number of downloads QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. Is innovation in teaching like research? Characteristics of being a researcher teacher innovating • fully trained through an apprenticeship program • highly knowledgeable in a specialist area • licensed to practice as both practitioner and mentor to others in the field • building on the work of others in their field whenever they begin new work • conducting practical work using the agreed standards of evidence • working in collaborative teams of respected peers • seeking new insights and ways of rethinking • disseminating findings for peer review and use Drivers and enablers for the teacher? Learner needs Curriculum requirements Drivers Career Career opportunities opportunities Quality standards Assessment requirements Teachers Information, advice Shareable resources Online communities Economic modelling R&D on pedagogies Training and development ICT systems and services Learning design toolkits Rights and Enablers IPR advice We must address all these drivers and enablers References JISC e-Learning and Pedagogy www.jisc.ac.uk/elearning_pedagogy Design for Learning Programme www.jisc.ac.uk/elp_designlearn.html Pedagogy Planner project www.wle.org.uk/d4l Learning Patterns project www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/ ‘Rethinking Pedagogy for the Digital Age’ (forthcoming). How much HE is online UK Canada Australia South Africa Asia Pacific LI/LMI Returning TOTAL % None - modest 76 75 65 85 65 88 75 75 % significantly online 8 10 16 8 13 6 12 9 Low Income/Low-Middle Income countries (LI/LMI) Learning design tools will help to lower the barriers to online teaching and learning [Source: OBHE, 2004] Demand for Higher Education • Worldwide HE places to be 125 million in 2020 • Demand for international education places: – 2.1 million in 2003 – 5.8 million by 2020 • Age participation rate: – 40% – 50% in ‘north’ – Below 5% in many developing and emerging economies The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education www.obhe.ac.uk Collaborative online teaching innovation will help to meet the demand for HE [Source: OBHE, 2004] Quic kTime™ and a TIFF (Unc ompres sed) dec ompres sor are needed to see this pic ture. 8-11 August 2006 Ottawa Congress Centre Summary We must clarify what we do for education strategies Practitioners need both career and innovation support Practitioners want flexibility and ideas in learning design Innovation in teaching should be more research-like A ‘Learning Design Planner’ must support action research It must capture the pedagogy in a customisable form Why does this matter? - Education for all - Millennium Goal - HE for all those who want it - Worldwide demand There is no alternative to effective exploitation of technology QuickTime™ and a None decompressor are needed to see this picture.