Learning Design: Progress and Future directions

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Learning Design Progress and Future directions

• Patrick McAndrew
• Open University UK

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Learning Design

• Two aspects
• learning design (lower case)/design for learning
• Recognition that when you produce an (online)
  course or activity the overall design can be
  independent of the materials
• Learning Design (upper case)
• A specification supported by IMS for how to
  represent units of learning using XML using a
  play metaphor

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2004 Not just another brick in the wall
http//www.elframework.org
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2004 LD big issues

• Tools and their interface
• How can we use services
• Not simply one-way
• Special requirements
• Emerging approaches
• Delivering on its promise
• Varying designs
• Build up practice
• Link into context
• Designs fit for purpose

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Sessions

• Future Technology
• SLeD Demonstration site
• Feedback
• Hands-on 1 quizzes
• Feedback and discussion
• Hands-on 2 collaboration and personalisation
• Feedback
• Future aspects Moodle and Servers

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Future Technology
Vavoula, Sharples, Rudman (2002).
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Stages in requirements
Vavoula, Sharples, Rudman (2002).
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What problems would you like learning design to
solve?

• Brainstorm what you see that you could do in the
  future with learning design.

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I want to be able to
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What problems would you like learning design to
solve?

• Brainstorm what you see that you could do in the
  future with learning design.
• In groups
• Pick one of the topics from the brainstorm
• Create a solution paper and post-its

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What problems would you like learning design to
solve?

• Brainstorm what you see that you could do in the
  future with learning design.
• In groups
• Pick one of the topics from the brainstorm
• Create a solution paper and post-its
• Describe your solution
• Swap solutions
• Act out a scenario using the tools you now have