Culinary arts/1st International meeting

June 18, 2015 meeting

Culinary Arts meeting (via Skype)

Representatives:

• OERu: Wayne Mackintosh,
• BC Campus: Clint Lalonde
• Otago: Veronique Olin, Tony Heptinstall, Carolyn Levy,
• TRU: Kimberly Johnstone, Irwin Devries, Kelly Warnock

Goals & Partnerships

• MOOC: Micro open online course – 1 credit
• OERu looking for showcase development in vocational/trades education
• demonstrate power of open delivery model

• Menu design sounds like something with universal appeal
• could fit in a lot of programs
• opens up learning opportunities for wide range of services
• credit from our institutions
• could also serve students F-F not just distance learners; good exposure for campus students
• appeals to a wide base
• fits with model we’re looking for
• repurpose content for other sectors/contexts (design principles work across different context)
• 40-50 notional learning hours; serves respective learning needs

Discussion on Content / Topics

Occupational skills

• business skills /entrepreneurship
• kitchen processes, workflow
• menu design
• costing, kitchen management

Soft skills:

• teamwork, communication,
• professionalism,
• creative thinking, critical thinking,
• international skills

Theory

• why menus succeed and fail
• telling a story through a menu
• using design principles in menu design

Current / Next Steps

Collaborate Online (Wayne)

• PressBooks based
• Wiki: trying to work out how to harvest from wiki environment; how to administer text items
• will set up dedicated discussion group for culinary arts team; space to share notes

Discussion on Resources (Clint)

• BC Campus is developing open textbook in Culinary Arts

• Amanda Coolidge is rep for culinary
• Kimberly – editing open culinary textbook (Will menu planning be included in textbook?
• Exam bank developed (Kimberly was involved); Now have consistent tools for entire province

Mapping learning outcomes (TRU & Otago)

• Compare Otago & TRU topics;
• Map to national NZ cookery standard
• design in way that fits all program
• Possibly incorporate Portage College as well