Reading excels in Open University learning design initiative
Tuesday, 05 April 2011
Meteorology lecturer, Dr Andrew Charlton-Perez has been hand-picked by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) to take part in an online session to talk about the use of video for data capture following his outstanding contribution to a recent project.
This project, Reading-OULDI learning design is part of the JISC funded Curriculum Design and Delivery programme.
Led by Maria Papaefthimiou (Enhancement Manager, CDoTL), the project aims to engage with academics at the curriculum design stage to promote and support the use of pedagogically appropriate technology in course design and delivery, and seeks to identify the most appropriate methods of doing so.
At the start of the programme, all projects were given a flipcamera to promote the use of video as way of capturing project impact in institutions. Many projects have made use of these and other video recording devices to capture stakeholders' views, collect other evidence, or just to reflect on progress, and there is a great deal of interest in finding out what value these videos add during a project's lifetime and afterwards in terms of outcomes.
As part of the Reading project, Andrew has posted detailed video diaries of his progress in applying OULDI tools and their impact on his thoughts about course design, which have so impressed the project funders that he has been invited to participate in an online session (using Elluminate) to talk about the value that video evidence can bring to projects, as well as the resources required to use it effectively.
Andrew's video diaries can be viewed on www.Cloudworks.ac.uk - an open professional network for sharing, finding and discussing learning and teaching ideas and experiences: http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/3813
Further information on the OU Learning Design Initiative can be found at www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/ouldi/