What’s actually in the Exemplary Module Framework? How can it help us structure our modules to be effective and efficient for both staff and students. …Continue Reading 1: What can the Module Template do for you?
2: Communication
Very few of us learn effectively without communicating with others – whether they’re experts, peers or critical friends. To support our students, we’ll be looking at ways of supporting effective communication and Interaction….Continue Reading 2: Communication
4: Teaching Materials and Resources
For many staff, a significant part of the preparation for teaching is preparing content – whether that’s pre-recorded videos, resource lists compiled primarily from library material, material staff have created themselves or OER content that’s relevant. We’ll try to find some pointers to help ease this process, while ensuring the content is engaging….Continue Reading 4: Teaching Materials and Resources
3: What is the ABC model
What is the ABC Model? The ABC curriculum development model is a student-centred approach to curriculum development. It’s a model that’s been adopted internationally and one we’ve used to help design our FutureLearn courses. We’ve now adapted it further to help you create richer learning designs for blended learning modules in 20/21. ABC is based…Continue Reading 3: What is the ABC model
4 Digital Wellbeing and Safety
In this topic, we’ll be thinking about how we can ensure that we have a safe studying environment for our students…Continue Reading 4 Digital Wellbeing and Safety
11: Signposting
Signposting is all about making the student’s journey through their module as simple as possible with no barriers or pain points….Continue Reading 11: Signposting
12. Socialisation
Learning is a very social process – we’ll give you some ideas for including activities to increase social engagement, both for new students, and those that have been here for some time. …Continue Reading 12. Socialisation
Day 1: Design a game!
Today’s #creativeHE activity is to design a game to help students with induction. If you caught the announcement they made on Friday (I’m afraid I didn’t) you’ll see they suggested that you collect lots of (clean) recycling. For the rest of the week, the outline (shared in Friday’s post) is Day 1 Creative induction, introductions:…Continue Reading Day 1: Design a game!
