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Materials from the conference held in Birmingham on 21 May 2012. The event was organised by the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) and the Association of Colleges (AoC).



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Brownes, Howard

Duffy, Ciara

Harrison, Bob

Kilcoyne, Peter

Newman, David

Stubbs, Mark

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Let's design a learning-centred course–a brainstorming sessionby David Newman, Oxford University<david.newman@bsg.ox.ac.uk>, http://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/, @davidrnewmanThe problemAt Oxford University, the new Blavatnik School of Government, is starting a new degree: a Masters in Public Policy. On 20th September 2012, around 35 students will leave their jobs in government and NGOs and come to Oxford to do a one-year intensive taught masters, aiming to become leaders in 5 years time.We are set up to use technology in teaching and learning. Every student will get a free iPad1, every lecture can be recorded.The curriculum has been designed around public policy. What do professionals need to learn about public policy? But the students have to develop the skills needed when working in public policy. Policy makers suddenly have to investigate an issue, gather evidence in areas they have never explored, make sense of what they are told by specialists in different disciplines, analyse it fairly, and present it to a senior civil servant in a one-page policy brief and a 10 min. talk.So we need, over the next two years, to turn this into a learning-centred degree. The processIn this session, participants in the large-scale curriculum redesign event, brainstormed ideas that might help redesign this curriculum in ways that make it more learning-centred.We used the WebIQ Group Support System. Unlike earlier Group Decision Support Systems, it does not require setting up dedicated clients on a network. 12 participants logged in to the system using a web browser, on behalf of a group on their table. The groups went through two steps of a series of exercises. First they were asked to come up with as many ideas as they could to help our students reach their learning outcomes. Whatever they typed appeared on all the browsers, including the projected display at the front of the room. Then they were asked to pick out the 3 most interesting ideas from the whole list.These are just two steps in the kind of process-led agenda used in creative problem-solving. Back in Oxford we will be taking the next steps.The resultsI have combined the first and second stage reports into Table 1. The headings refer to the different learning objectives. Under each heading are the ideas generated. On the right, the scores show how many groups included this idea in their 3 favourites.1 1/75th of their fee.Ideas Activity Title: Activities to reach learning outcomesIdea ScoreOutstanding and differentiated writing ability (inc. policy briefs)Set a group the task of editing a wiki page on a policy 2Create a blog/wiki 2Frankenstory 2Ask to write on same topic for different audiences 2Create resources for diverse  audiences 1Critiques of each other's policy brief 1run a book sprint 0Able to verbally present whatever answer they have in a clear and memorable waypecha kucha 4Tweet a summary of a scientific paper 3have a dragons den 3Present recommendations to a policy expert 1second presentation 1Create mindmap 0sports matches (games your not familiar with) 0Tweet a summary of a scientific paper 0Research poloticapresenters 0Learned how to work in teams, and how to best harness the different strengths in the grouptweet a summary of a scientific paper 0Blavatnik 0Skills audit in advance of a role play or sscenari 0Team building activities 1Outward bound 0An increased ability to absorb new information and evidence in unfamiliar surroundingsComplete Hidden Talent online quiz 0Making use of mobile technology to take in infomation 0Orienteering 0Become part of a lifelong collaborative community of practiceSocial Media and reflective practices 2Twitter hash tag for course and or cohort 1Encourage use of blogs and forums, wikis 1Add a Wikipedia entry and explain 1Mahara e-Portfolio Group 0Third party wiki 0Become a critical consumer of a range of academic disciplinesCreate a news feed (egzite) of different disiplinary output 1Social Media content curation aggregation 0Evaluate and compare multiple perspectives from different disciplines on one concept, or event or issue 0Improved critical thinking (inc. assumptions, values, judgements)play devil's advocate with your own views 1Given a scenario identify the underlying theoretical perspective 1Get approval for an oil pipeline 1Analyse marketing and tv adverts 1collaborative peer-assessed critique of a paper 0probem-solving scenario in competitive groups 0Table 1: Ideas from brainstorming session in Birmingham

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