The end of term is rapidly approaching and we need to consolidate our plans for September before the curriculum teams all go off on leave for the summer. During our Admin and Learning days in the week of 10 July we arranged training sessions for the curriculum teams on using Mahara and the PDP and also set up an event for both curriculum and support staff involved in the project.We used this event to engage staff in the project and help them to see how the different technologies being made available to them could help them to enhance their delivery next year.
The event started with an activity where they created a poster describing the way things are at the moment based on a series of topics/questions. They were in mixed teams so that support and curriculum staff could work together. They then scored each presentation based on its accuracy and the creative flair of the creators.
Bev then provided some data from the baseline evaluation that she carried out with the diploma learners this year and those participating in this year’s mini pilots fed back on what they had been doing.
The second activity involved the same groups looking at the different types of tools, applications or devices and considering how they could be used to enhance delivery. They then added stickers to all the posters of the type of curriculum enhancement that they felt would be appropriate to each of the topics.
In the final session they divided into the two curriculum teams Higher and Advanced Diploma and discussed how they could incorporate some of the ideas into their own schemes of work. We will use the feedback from this event to help plan the implementation of the Portal from September.
Use this link to view the video of the event.
