OERu/Planning/OERu 2013 Prototype/Change with digital technologies in education/Complete outline for materials

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Formative assessment
Formative assessment comprises a fortnightly personal reflection (non-assessed) and assigned blog posts (generic formative feedback from lecturer). Learners select one assigned blog post from each section of the course for final assessment.


 * Orientation: Learners declare themselves and identify possible questions for research paper
 * Week 1: Ecological perspective -- Learners label their own arena plus annotated bibliography for Niki's reading
 * Week 2: Personal context -- Annotated bibliography of 4 of the assigned readings in relation to research questions
 * Week 3: Work on assignment 1 -- Applying theories of change to personal context
 * Week 4 & Week 5: Learner's participate in SP4Ed mOOC completing assigned blog posts
 * Week 6: Work on Assignment 2 -- (Newspaper articles for two scenarios)
 * Week 7: Change and the organisation -- High level e-Learning capability maturity assessment of organisation
 * Week 8: --- Blog post on research paper outline / Case study
 * Week 9: -- TBD

Summative assessment

 * 1) Review of change model applied to personal context, weighted 20% (Due 29 July)
 * 2) Scenario building project, weighted 30% (Due 12 August)
 * 3) Participation and reflective journal, weighted 20% (Due 7 October)
 * 4) Research paper / cases study (4500 words) to meet the standards of an academic publication, weighted 30% (Due 7 October) Plus annotated bibliography 20 to 25 sources.

Ecological perspective on change and uncertain futures: Personal context
mOOC 1: Introduction to theories of change in education (To be developed for future course)

Session 1: Introduction to ...
TBC

Part 2: Planning for uncertain education futures
mOOC 2: Scenario Planning for educators (SP4Ed) - To be integrated into 2013 offering of the Course

The teaching of Scenario planning will be based on a MOOC-like international workshop. Each section is designed for two-working days for the MOOC-like iteration.

Session 1: Introduction to scenario planning


 * Introduction (Objectives, Distinction between strategic / operational planning, definition of scenario planning as strategic planning methodology)
 * Video signpost (Try and source scenario planning guru to record signpost)
 * Brief history of scenario planning
 * E-learning activity: Self discovery of scenario planning (Possible stimuli: Introduction to Scenario planning, Shell Scenarios )
 * Anatomy of a scenario
 * E-learning activity based on The World and South Africa in the 2010s
 * Conclusion

Session 2: A manager's perspective of scenario planning


 * Introduction and objectives
 * Video signpost / webinar
 * e-Learning Activity: Decision-making simulation (Decisions a participant would recommend based on a selected scenario)
 * Requirements for effective scenarios
 * Action plan for scenario development
 * Conclusion

Session 3: Drivers of fundamental change in education and digital technology


 * Introduction and objectives
 * Video singpost / webinar
 * Distinction between uncertainties and predetermineds
 * Review and analysis of drivers of change
 * Collaborative inventory of drivers of change (With differentiation between uncertainties and predetermineds)
 * Open evaluation of drivers of change

Session 4: Research on selected drivers of change


 * Introduction and objectives
 * Video signpost / Webinar
 * E-learning activity: Detailed Research on two drivers of change
 * Conclusion

Session 5: Publishing a scenario story line


 * Introduction and objectives
 * Video singnpost / webinar
 * Requirements for a compelling scenario
 * E-learning activity: Publish and share a scenario story line
 * Conclusion.

Selected open access publications

 * Anderson, T. (Ed.) 2008. The Theory and Practice of Online Learning. Second edition. AU Press: Edmonton.

OA materials for adoption theories

 * L Robinson. (2009) A summary of Diffusion of Innovations published by Enabling Change