VUSSC/ProjectPlan

What needs to be done?

Upload SME bios on the wiki
Set up ice-breaker acitivity on discussion forum for boot camp SMEs
Assign SMEs to groups
Develop learner profiles (eg prerequisite knowledge of learners etc.)
"Graduate" profile
Develop curriculum outline
- Course aims and objectives
- Establish units/sections
- Determine assessment strategy
- Learning activities
- "Media" resource types
Evaluation of existing materials - select & identify material for reconfiguration - being done, results to be posted on wiki
Select and decide on "pedagogical" template
Given the target of 10 notional learning hours - decide on the priority area for content to be developed
Develop prototype/representative sample of materials and piloting?
Develop boot camp agenda and preparatory materials
Publish & distribute dates for the boot camp including how people can participate remotely
Dates when content on wiki will be available for review
Identify and gather resources prior to boot camp
Plan a course evaluation instrument

Note: Items in bold are showstoppers

8 completed notional learning hours of material (First draft, evaluation, revision and DTP)

Day 1: Introductions, discussion of project development plan, basic wiki skills training
Day 2: The four SME course teams draft 1 notional learning hour's worth of material - post content on wiki at 4pm
Day 3: Review process
- Morning - each team reviews the work of another team
- Afternoon - implement revisions and refine pedagogical template
Day 4: Complete first revision cycle & commence work on next notional learning hour
- Morning - complete revisions and refinements to pedagogical template
- Afternoon - commence development of 2nd notional learning hour
- Hand over 1st learning hour for publishing
Day 5: Complete development of 2nd notional learning hour & commence work on introductory study unit (i.e how to study this course)
- Morning - Complete development of 2nd notional learning hour
- Afternoon - Start work on Introductory study unit
- Upload 2nd notional learning hour on wiki for review
Day 6: Review and refinement of 2nd notional learning hour
- Morning - Review of 2nd notional learning hour
- Afternoon - Implement revisions
- Afternoon - Hand over 2nd notional learning hour for publishing

Remaining days to be completed based on the development cycle above.

Table for Workload breakdown of Professional support staff below:

Notes:

First cycle to implement revisions will require 1 full day's work given the requirement to refine the pedagogical template based on the review process
Subsequent revision cycles are reduced to a half day given the learning curve effect and the refined template