This is part of the Academic Practice Options programme - a chance to explore aspects of your practice in an online community of colleagues. This community will explore the creation or enhancement of a course you are working on.   

Contact time: 27 hrs (online)

Notional Learning Hours: 150

Detailed consideration will be given to the content, knowledge construction and consolidation that support learning.  Throughout you will work online to share ideas and practice with colleagues engaged in similar projects.  There is also the option to submit a portfolio based on your participation for M level accreditation and (for UK-based participants) for recognition by the Higher Education Academy.

This course programme explores a range of aspects of course design – innovation, flexible delivery, quality systems and problem-based learning. You will explore the tools and information provided in more depth with other participants working on their own curriculum projects.  Such collaboration and the needs of your own curriculum development will drive forward your consideration of:-

• Curriculum design in context: HE bodies, HE policies, diversity
• The Leicester Graduate: skills and the curriculum
• Models of curriculum designs 
• Innovative delivery (ICT, Distance and flexible curricula)
• Material development/ choice of learning resources: innovation, piloting, reviewing, copyright 
• Leadership and management skills
• QA matters, monitoring and evaluating

On completion you will be able to:

• recognise the various components and stages that contribute to programme/curriculum design and be able to apply in practice to different models, including where appropriate to aspects of innovative curricula (eg PBL, WBL, ICT, etc)
• demonstrate sensitivity for diversity and creativity in programme/activity design, implementation and delivery
• demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the transferable skills agenda (eg the Leicester Graduate initiative) and its relation to curriculum design
• competently apply quality assurance and quality enhancement processes
• demonstrate academic and professional skills for course/project/activity leadership
• apply professional and ethical values underpinning practice in respect of programme/curriculum/activity design and management

Teaching staff.

Before attending:  You will need to have a Central File Server (CFS) account to be able to access Blackboard.  Contact the Staff Development Centre for details of how to obtain an account. 

No prior knowledge is required.

Formal assessment (OPTIONAL):

This module can be taken as part of the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice in Higher Education or as credit towards another M level qualification.  If you intend to gain ‘M’ level credits you must present a project on curriculum design or curriculum enhancement linked to your practice and/or area of expertise. It is a requirement of the module that issues of diversity should be addressed.  The project/ reflective statement file should include:

• a rationale for the area of curriculum design/enhancement chosen
• a description of how transferable skills agenda (eg the Leicester Graduate) has been addressed
• a description of the methodology, process and outcomes 
• a reflective evaluation of the methodology and process of developing this project
• a critical review of all the programme components including where appropriate a reflection on curriculum management
• a reflective statement of how the professional and ethical values have been demonstrated in the project.

An evidence file may be provided in the form of an Appendix. Exclusive of this, the project’s length should be approx. 3,000 words. Total word count should be between 6,000 and 8,000 words.

Credits: 15 CATS

Level: M

To be confirmed. 

11 places available.

There will be at least 2 participants on this course.

Please complete the appropriate Booking Form and return to Staff Development.

Booking Conditions apply.

About the workshop content:
Contact Derek Cox (Academic Practice Unit) email: dlc14@le.ac.uk telL (0116) 252-5056

About the workshop arrangements:
Contact Us at the Staff Development Centre

Course Code: SDCTR049