Try the Curriculum Design Studio collaborative method and learn how to incorporate Active Lectures in your course.

1. Andrew Middleton
Headof Innovation & ProfessionalDevelopment, QESS
@andrewmid
Collaborative
Design
Active Lectures
(CC) pimousse3000

2. About this session
 Curriculum Design Studio method
 Designing ‘lecture time’
 Based on a design activity

3. Exploring challenges and opportunities together
cc US Army
Innovation by

4.  This is a simulation!
 Discuss your Context Cards and agree the main
purpose of your redesign (10 minutes)
 Space
 Time
 Subject
 Reputation
 Evaluation
Context

5. Viewpoints
• Principle-based discussion
• Use of cards representing
principles and key ideas

6.  Devise a detailed plan to explain exactly what you
and the students will do in 'lecture time.' Think about
the following questions:
 Is this for: a ‘one off’ lecture? For all lectures in
the module? For practice throughout the
course?
 What are the main challenges to you as
lecturer?
 What are the main challenges to your students?
 How will you address the challenges?
 What are the benefits and how will you monitor
these?
Task: thinking about scope and detail

7. Main idea
• Spread the cards out, face
up
• Select one principle each
• In turn, explain why you
think the principle on the
card would help, and why
• As a group pick one or two
cards to work with

8. Whiteboarding - capturing the ideas
 Stick your selected card(s) on
the whiteboard
 Draw or make notes around
the card as you talk
 Make the key ideas bold and
clear so that they photograph
well
 Your 'Academic Lead' should
be able to talk through the
key ideas
 Video the 'talk through'

9. Viewpoints - developing the detail
 Discuss the principles...
 Then turn each card over
and look at the ideas
 Can you apply one or more
of these ideas? How?

10. Thinking about scope and detail
 Devise a detailed plan to explain exactly what you
and the students will do in 'lecture time.' Think about
the following questions:
 Is this for: a ‘one off’ lecture? For all lectures in
the module? For practice throughout the
course?
 What are the main challenges to you as
lecturer?
 What are the main challenges to your students?
 How will you address the challenges?
 What are the benefits and how will you monitor
these?