How well does anyone know the Curriculum?

1. How well does anyone know the Curriculum? Paul Horner & Simon Cotterill Dynamic Learning Maps Newcastle University

2. Please go to https://learning-maps.ncl.ac.uk and try out our demonstration service. You can do this now and follow our demos on your own laptop, or you can do this later and browse at your own leisure We’re also delivering a workshop on Dynamic Learning Maps this afternoon Dynamic Learning Maps

3. “The Net Generation has grown up with information technology. The aptitudes, attitudes, expectations, and learning styles… is decidedly different from that which existed when faculty and administrators were growing up.” Educating the Net Generation http://www.educause.edu/ Changing experience & expectations of learners More emphasis on interactive & participative environments Personalisation & Learning Preferences Widespread use and access to external learning resources Reflection / portfolio learning directly embedded in the curriculum Why Dynamic Learning Maps?

4. Understanding linkages within the curriculum Students Curriculum officers Occasional Teachers Administrators Communicating Complex Curricula Role in Quality Assurance/Monitoring Why curriculum Maps?

5. Taught Harden, 2001 Learned Declared Gaps in the Curriculum

6. Repetition can be intentional, to reaffirm knowledge and to focus knowledge within specialist areas (e.g. the spiral curriculum). But sometimes repetition is unintentional and can disengage the learner. A teacher doesn’t always know what their students already know, particularly when they’re an occasional teacher or a last-minute replacement. Repetition in the Curriculum

7. We were approached by the faculty to provide an electronic solution to the curriculum map problem. We speculatively put a bid in to JISC’s ‘Transforming Curriculum Delivery through technology’ programme, and were successful. The project started in March 2009, and we piloted the first version of DLMs with MB BS Students in the 2009-2010 academic year. Dynamic Learning Maps

8. Over 500 students and staff have participated in focus groups and feedback sessions. 81% want to know how a teaching session relates to the curriculum 70% say a map would benefit their learning 83% agree that it would be useful for revision 79% agree that it would be useful for reviewing and reflecting 59% agree that it would help them better understand the curriculum n=262 Phase 1 medical students Dynamic Learning Maps

9. Resources Personal Learning Leap2A Reflection Emerging Standards OERs XCRI Core & Community Curricula Where do I start? Connecting Resources Feeds Connecting Concepts Perceptions of the Curriculum Different views for different uses Dynamic Learning Maps – A demonstration ePortfolios Searching The Timetable Modular Courses Competency Frameworks Mind Maps Navigating the Curriculum Outcomes and Specialties

10. We’ve just started work on the JISC-CETIS OER bookmarking project which will massively enhance the ease by which resources can be mapped. We’re on the lookout for partners to take the software forward. If you want to use DLMs at your institution we can host it for you and our team can help you map your curriculum. We’re going to make the source code available (under a non-commercial license) by the end of the summer. Where Next?

11. For more information about the project, visit https://learning-maps.ncl.ac.uk or speak to Paul or Simon after this session. And to try it out, come along to our workshop this afternoon. Thanks