The Learning Cycle: Design and Curriculum

About this subject

What you'll learn

• Topics covered

  • Scholarly teaching and the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL)
  • Learning and teaching theories
  • Teaching approaches
  • Learning cycle and curriculum alignment
  • Assessment and feedback
  • Collaborative learning: Harnessing student interactions for deep learning
  • Design, implement and support online learning
  • Teaching today’s diverse learners
  • Strategic directions in University teaching
  • Evaluating teaching and learning

• Description

  This subject is intended for experienced educators who wish to formalise and extend their knowledge, skills and capabilities as facilitators of learning, curriculum designers, and reflective evaluators of their teaching quality. The subject begins with a review of the diverse nature of contemporary adult learners and their varied learning needs and expectations. It examines theories and practices, curriculum design, assessment, evaluation and feedback in the contemporary context from a design thinking perspective. The application of design thinking to curriculum development affords innovative approaches to the facilitation of learning and assessment practices. In engaging with this approach learners will develop the capacity to design curriculum responsive to educational advancements and evaluation outcomes. Learners should be able to utilise their learning in application to professional accreditation bodies (HEA, HERDSA) at an Associate Fellow level, and to their professional teaching portfolio.

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• Assessments

  • Peer Discussion (10%)
  • Learning Sequence (40%)
  • Professional Statement (50%)

• Textbooks

  For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).

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Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• CUR-EDH-GCE-2023 - Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Innovative Learning and Teaching

Additional requirements

No additional requirements