LearningDesign:Peer tutoring

1: Clarification of aims
To train students how to tutor other students.

Learner Needs
Who are the learners/users/target audience?

Existing students who have been recommended by their lecturers for Peer Tutoring

What do we need to find out from them?


 * Are they set up for studying on-line?
 * Are they prepared to commit time out of their studies to train as peer tutor(approx 50 hours).

Who should be questioned as a representative group of the learners?

Second and Third Year students

How will information be gathered and dealt with? email and f2f

Context for learning
Where is the learning going to take place? on-line via a Blog and wiki

What resources are available eg access to technology?

Home or Polytechnic computers

How will learning materials be distributed? Blog

How is what we know about our learners/users (from above questions) going to impact our decisions?

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3: Learning activity
''What are the overall learning goals/objectives for this resource or course? What changes do we want learners to show as a result of using the resource?''

What types of learning activities are learners going to need to DO to achieve the learning goals?
 * Gain an understanding of the craft of teaching
 * Gain an understanding about the process of learning
 * Learn how to provide academic and ?? support to their peers

''How are we going to check that learners have achieved what they set out to? ''

What feedback will learners need to receive to know how they are going?

How are learners going to communicate with each other and ‘teachers’ while they work through the resource?

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4: Learning resources
What resources and tools already exist to support the learning?

How will these be used?

What, if any, new resources need to be created?

What opportunities can we build in that will encourage learners to bring their own resources to the learning and design their own learning paths?

What technology will be available and how will it be used to match what learners need to do?

What support will learners need?

What support is available?

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5: Teaching and learning approach
What philosophies or approaches underpin what we want to achieve?

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6: Using the materials
Are there any recommendations as to how to use the resource?

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