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University of Northampton Curriculum design toolkit

"Jewels in the curriculum Threshold concepts can be used to define potentially powerful transformative points in the student'slearning experience . They are the 'jewels in the curriculum' because they identify key areas that need mastery. "A focus on these jewels" write Land et al. (2006, p. 198),"

Time requirement for developing blended learning modules

Useful % for blended modules 30-79% equals a blended module

" for a larger and more diverse cross-section of the population, to cater for emerging patterns on educational involvement which facilitate lifelong learning and to include technology-based practices in the curriculum" (p. 143). A source of this transformation stems from the ability of online learners to be both together and apart-and to be connected to a community of learners anytime and anywhere, without being time, place, or situation bound. Moreover, the increasingly prevalent practice of the convergence of text-based asynchronous Internet-based learning with face-to-face approaches is having a volatile impact on traditional campus-based institutions of higher education. To this point, the Pr"

8 month plan for redesign of a Blended course

Ten questions to support development of blended learning resources