Deliverables
- A transferable model for work-distance-based curriculum delivery within a dual-mode university.
DUCKLING's curriculum lifecycle model for effective, scalable and sustainable work-based distance curriculum delivery within a dual-mode university. View the discussion behind the construction of the model. - Exemplar curricula:Two diagrams and two exemplars, each describing and illustrating technology-supported curriculum delivery before and after DUCKLING in Psychology or Education.
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A diagram of technology-enhanced curriculum delivery in Occupational Psychology (PDF, 1.3MB)
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A diagram of technology-enhanced curriculum delivery in Education (PDF, 1MB)
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An exemplar curriculum delivery in Occupational Psychology (PDF, 711KB)
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An exemplar curriculum delivery in Education (PDF, 695KB)
- Case studies: each illustrating the integration of a particular DUCKLING technology to Psychology or Education.
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E-book readers in Occupational Psychology (PDF, 856KB)
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E-book readers in Education (PDF, 971KB)
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Podcasting in Occupational Psychology (PDF, 624KB)
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Podcasting in Education (PDF, 414KB)
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Second Life in Occupational Psychology (PDF, 806KB)
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Second Life in Education (PDF, 821KB)
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Voice boards in Education (PDF, 614KB)
- Guidelines: Guidelines (PDF, 363KB) for integrating Podcasting, voice boards, e-book readers and Second Life into distance work-based curriculum delivery.
- Publications: A journal article based on Psychology Podcasting, published in ALT-J.
- Dissemination: a summary of key dissemination activities.
- Reports:
- Evaluation reports by Andrew Comrie
- JISC Interim reports
- DUCKLING Final Report (PDF, 1.6MB)
- Podcasts were produced by the Psychology and Education teams.The Psychology team produced more than 100 podcasts in six categories, five of which are available as open educational resources (OERs) download an example of a Psychology podcast OER. The Education team produced a series of podcasts to supplement content of three modules an example of which is available to download as an OER. Download and view a table summary of the podcasts (PDF, 169KB)
- Virtual World outputs:
- SL-tivities developed by Psychology and Education teams
- A SL oil rig platform:Available for access at the University of Leicester’s Media Zoo island http://slurl.com/secondlife/media%20zoo/168/149/17/
- SL training guides and resources available to download as OERs
- An oil rig evacuation video
- E-book reader outputs:
- A guide to creating and formatting documents for e-readers using ePub (PDF, 2.3MB), available to download as an OER
- A video recording of a discussion session about e-books and e-readers with postgraduates at the University of Leicester via the Graduate School Media Zoo.
- Voice Board outputs:
- A Wimba Voice Board user guide (PDF, 159KB)
- E-Moderating guide for voice boards (PDF, 276KB)
- A strong and successful web presence. DUCKLING has a well developed website (www.le.ac.uk/duckling) and a blog featuring posts from all the members of DUCKLING. DUCKLING is also featured heavily within the Beyond Distance blog.
- Examples of research instruments and outputs:
- E-reader Survey (PDF, 288KB)
- Podcast Feedback Survey (PDF, 204KB)
- Second Life Survey (PDF, 276KB)
- Causal Map (PDF, 200KB)
- Other deliverables include:
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The DUCKLING leaflet (PDF, 1.2MB):Highlights of DUCKLING approaches and key outcomes
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DUCKLING in an eggshell (PDF, 138KB):A poster containing an overview of deliverables from the project.
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DUCKLING technologies (PDF, 4.7MB):A poster highlighting three of the technologies of the project.
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Cost-Impact matrix (PDF, 107KB):Shows the cost of each DUCKLING technology against its impact.
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DUCKLING challenges and technologies (PDF, 245KB):Summary of how DUCKLING technologies addressed the original challenges faced by two course teams
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An overview by the Psychology Course team (PDF, 607KB):This provides information on how how the DUCKLING technologies were integrated into the two Psychology programmes.
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Psychology Consultancy Task Overview (PDF,519KB):A document about the development of a consultancy task, produced using video podcast and run as part of the 2010 Occupational Psychology (OP) Course Conference.
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