ESEB3493 LEARNING DESIGN
TOPIC 1 Learning Design Principles
What is learning design? GUIDANCE
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What is learning design? VISUALISATION
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What is learning design? SHARING
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What is Learning Design?
• Designing student learning experiences to support learning
• It refers to the process of planning, structuring and sequencing
learning activities
• It is the product of the design process – the documentation,
representation(s), plan or structure.
• It focuses on the teaching-learning process that happens in a
lesson, a unit of learning or a course.
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Have you ever thought…
How do teachers prepare their teaching materials and/or
teaching sessions?
What decisions do they make?
How do they decide which activities, resource, and technologies
to incorporate?
Where do they get advice or help on the process?
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Why is Learning Design important?
Learning design lies at the heart of all teaching.
It involves deliberate choices about what, when, where and how to teach.
Decisions needs to be made about the content, structure, timing,
pedagogical strategies, sequence of learning activities and assessment(s),
and technology support.
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The 7C’s of Learning Design
• Conceptualize - creating a vision for the course design
• Create – helps teacher articulate what learning materials are needed
• Communicate – methods to facilitate communication, between students
and teacher, between students, and the broader community via social
media.
• Collaborate – fostering mechanisms to enable collaboration or group work.
• Consider – ways in which reflection and demonstration of learning
achievements can be promoted.
• Combine – enables teacher to step back and reflect on design process; to
look from a different perspective.
• Consolidate – implementing the design in real life context and evaluating
its effectiveness.
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Conceptualize
This is where you create a vision for the overall course.
• imagine the learners
• how they will experience the course that you are creating
• Think in terms of age range, diversity, pre-existing skills and
knowledge, and users’ learning goals and aspirations
• At this stage you should articulate the core principles of the course
overall and of the individual modules or sections within it.
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Create
Decide what learning materials need to be created or
sourced. Consider a variety of sources:
• Text: Notes or Slides
• Video
• Audio
• Visual Resources: Mind Maps, Flashcards, Flowcharts, etc
• Assessment materials: Quizzes, tests
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COMMUNICATE
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Communicate
You need to decide how the content will be communicated and
distributed and if you need a mechanism for feedback/
communications between the learner and the teacher.
• Is an online platform required?
• Is email communication sufficient?
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COLLABORATE
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Collaborate
Group work is often an important part of courses in a traditional
educational setting, but this can pose problems in an online.
Important questions to consider when thinking about the relationship
between learners in online learning courses:
• Will learners work in isolation from each other?
• Is a community needed for learned support?
• Is group collaboration necessary for learning?
• Is group project work necessary for assessment?
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CONSIDER
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Consider
This ‘C’ refers to where learners reflect on what they have learned.
• self assessment and review, or
• peer assessment (i.e. other learners)
• assessment by teacher or tutor (may involve qualitative feedback or
formal knowledge testing)
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COMBINE
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Combine
In the Combine step, the teacher or course designer takes a step back
to reflect on how the user will experience the course as a whole,
looking at course content, activities, and communications.
How do you combine content and activities to produce an effective
lesson?
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CONSOLIDATION AND VALIDATION
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Consolidate
In this step, the learning course design is implemented and its
effectiveness is evaluated. This includes getting feedback on questions
such as:
• Did the learners enjoy the course?
• What did people learn in terms of knowledge or skills?
• What behavioral changes have occurred as a result (e.g. job
performance improvements)
• Are there tangible results. e.g. reduced cost, improved quality,
increased production or efficiency
• This feedback can be obtained through surveys or online focus
groups.
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Learning Design Principles 21st Century Skills
1. Critical thinking
2. Creativity
3. Collaboration
4. Communication
5. Information literacy
6. Media literacy
7. Technology literacy
8. Flexibility
9. Leadership
10. Initiative
11. Productivity
12. Social skills
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What are 21st Century Skills?
• The term 21st century skills refers to a broad set of knowledge, skills,
work habits, and character traits that are believed—by educators, school
reformers, college professors, employers, and others—to be critically
important to success in today’s world, particularly in collegiate programs
and contemporary careers and workplaces.
• Generally speaking, 21st century skills can be applied in all academic
subject areas, and in all educational, career, and civic settings throughout
a student’s life.
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4 CRITICAL AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT
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