Managing Curriculum Change
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Managing Curriculum Change introduces two major JISC programmes of research commencing in 2008 that investigate how the use of technology can help make curriculum design processes more agile and responsive and the experience of learning more engaging, inclusive and rewarding.
Institutional approaches to curriculum design explores through the work of 12 projects ways by which technology can make the systems and processes underpinning curriculum design more efficient, flexible and adaptive – systems such as those used in review, validation and audit; learning and assessment; course documentation and marketing information; the allocation and management of teaching spaces and other resources, and administration of learner records and interoperability of this data with other systems.
Transforming curriculum delivery through technology explores through the work of 15 projects how the appropriate integration of technology can help institutions respond to changing learner and employer needs to deliver a more engaging and flexible learning experience. The projects involve both further and higher education institutions and illustrate use of different media, tools and technologies in different areas of curriculum delivery.
'In practice, there is overlap and interplay between the processes we are calling “curriculum design” and “curriculum delivery”... For example, the educational rationale for design decisions should be understood by staff involved in the delivery process, and ideally by learners too, while evidence from learners’ engagement with the curriculum should inform future iterations of design.’ JISC, 2008
Managing Curriculum Change gives an overview of the aims of these two programmes alongside a vision for the enhancement of the curriculum design and delivery lifecycle through technology. The publication introduces the projects involved in the programmes and illustrates through a combination of text and graphics what might be achieved at different stages in the curriculum lifecycle, with a focus on who needs to be involved to enable institutional aspirations to become a reality.
Curriculum design and delivery are two sides of a coin. Managing Curriculum Change charts the interrelationship between the two and highlights the emerging key messages from these innovative programmes of work.