VUSSC/Singapore BC/Course Development

Notes for Group Activity on Day 2
by Tauvaga Vaai (Pacific Team Leader)

Brainstorming Activity - Prepare an outline of a face to face workshop on how to design an ODL course for Distance Educators

 Some guiding Questions 
 * 1) What action steps do you take?
 * 2) What/Who is involved in each step?
 * 3) Who are your learners?
 * 4) Who are your graduates?
 * 5) Has there been a needs analysis conducted?
 * 6) What guidelines are there for the course developers?
 * 7) Are outcome statements in place and appropriately worded?
 * 8) What are the content items in the material?
 * 9) Are the resources required for course production and delivery in place?
 * 10) What assessment and evaluation instruments have you come up with?
 * 11) Do you have appropriate learner support services available?

 Skills to apply and share 
 * 1) Communication skills - collaborating with other team members
 * 2) Planning skills - how to plan a workshop
 * 3) Course development skills

Group size: 4 groups of 6 members per group

Time allocation: 0ne hour

Group Interaction and collaboration is highly recommended. Remember there is no I in the word team.