JISC

Design for Learning Programme Meeting/Design Bash

Lakeside Suite, AstonUniversity, Birmingham 

Day 1 – 23 October 2007 Programme Meeting and Learning Design Bash

Aims:

• To offer opportunities for projects to share learning designs generated from their projects
• To explore the issues around sharing and re-purposing of learning designs and around support for the design process
• To review outputs and emerging outcomes from the Design for Learning programme
• To discuss future work and activities around this theme eg future programmes of funding
• To explore dissemination opportunities

To register for this event please use the online registration form available at http://survey.jisc.ac.uk/experts.

A briefing paper for the event is available here and we are asking projects to comment by completing this proforma. Please return the completed proforma to Sheila MacNeill, s.macneill@strath.ac.uk by Monday 15 October.

Draft Agenda

10:00 Registration and coffee

10:30 Welcome and overview of the day

10:40 – 11:00 Introduction to the learning design bash – overview of group activity

11:00 – 13:00 Group activity

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch and networking time – Poster exhibition (each project will be producing a poster highlighting exemplar learning design and/or guidance materials)

14:00 – 15:30 Continuation of group activity and group discussion

15:30 – 15:45 Tea

15:45 – 16: 45 Feedback from group discussions and each project to present what they will take away from the activity and discussions

16:45 – 17:00  Next steps – vision for e-Learning Programme – where next?

17:00 Plenary and close

19:30 Programme Dinner – AstonBusinessSchool

 

Day 2 – 24 October 2007 Teaching and Learning Practice Experts Group Meeting

Design for Learning projects will be invited to attend and participate in this meeting.

Learning futures (2) the practitioners’ perspective

What are we finding out about practitioners’ uses of technologies, their strategies for designing effective learning activities and their experiences using innovative learning design tools?
How can we use these findings to influence future directions for teaching, for technical development, and for organisational strategy?

Aims:

• To inform the experts’ group of the current issues, outputs and outcomes from the Design for Learning Programme
• To consult with the experts and DfL projects on how the outcomes from the programme should be disseminated
• To consult the experts’ own expertise with respect to practitioners’ experiences of design for learning
• To consult with the experts’ group over how the e-learning programme should take forward the outputs and outcomes from the Design for Learning programme

Draft Agenda

10:00 – Registration and coffee available

10:30 Welcome and overview of the day

10:40 – 11:00 Overview of key findings from DfL Programme – Helen Beetham and Glenaffric

11:00 – 13:00 Project showcase and group discussion – three parallel sessions will showcase the Design for Learning Projects. Each project will be invited to give a 10 min presentation on their outputs. There will be a facilitated discussion around the key issues.

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch and networking time – Poster exhibition (each project will be producing a poster highlighting exemplar learning designs and/or guidance materials)

14:00 – 14:30 Feedback from discussions

14:30 – 15:00 Using our outcomes to change practice – How can outcomes from the programme be communicated most effectively? What plans do our partners and services have for disseminating DfL outputs and for the further development of curriculum redesign in general?

15:00 – 15:45 – Next steps Activity – Consultation with the experts’ group over how the e-Learning Programme should take forward the outcomes from the Design for Learning programme.

15:45 Plenary

16:00 Close and tea available