This document provides an agenda and overview for a pilot workshop on the 7Cs of Learning Design. The workshop is split into 6 sessions with presentations from the organizers and e-tivity activities for course teams to work on together. The e-tivities focus on key aspects of course design like course features, course maps, learning resource audits, activity profiles, and storyboards. The goal is for course teams to work through these e-tivities to develop and refine their course design using the 7Cs framework.
The document describes a learning design workshop that used a framework called the 7Cs of learning design. The workshop consisted of 6 sessions where participants worked through e-tivities (structured online activities) in course teams. The e-tivities guided participants to conceptualize their course by considering features, developing a course map, auditing learning resources, profiling learning activities, creating a storyboard, and developing their own e-tivities. Resources and templates were provided to support each e-tivity.
OpenCred Study – Recognition of open learning in Europe: some issues for inst...witthaus
Slides from a European University Association (EUA) Webinar on 19 Nov 2014. I spoke about the OpenCred study, which is part of the EU's OpenEdu project and investigates recognition practices for non-formal, open learning in Europe. The Webinar recording is at https://connect.sunet.se/p830rtdeaki/. My bit of the session is from 22:30 to 38:29.
A Typology of Institutional Practices for the Recognition of Open Learning in...witthaus
This document summarizes the findings of the OpenCred study, which investigated institutional strategies for recognizing non-formal open learning in Europe. The study developed a "diamond model" to analyze recognition approaches. Key findings include: 1) Recognition can range from completion certificates to credit exemptions; 2) Robust assessment, affordability, and eligibility most impact recognition level; 3) Different models emerged based on these factors, such as typical MOOCs with little recognition or paid-assessment MOOCs. The document concludes robust assessment is key to recognition and recommends institutions provide clear information on assessment and recognition opportunities.
Storyboarding for Module Design and Reviewwitthaus
This document provides an overview of a workshop on storyboarding for module design and review. The workshop introduces storyboarding and has participants engage in a storyboarding activity. It concludes with a reflection on opportunities and challenges of using storyboarding in different contexts. The document discusses Walt Disney's use of storyboarding, typical storyboarding structures, and an online storyboarding course that participants are asked to repurpose for delivering to on-site lecturers and trainers over six weekly face-to-face meetings.
This document summarizes the findings of a literature review on lecture capture conducted by Gabi Witthaus. The review examined recent research on the percentage of students using lecture capture, how students use it, the impact on attendance and learning, and lecturer perspectives. Key findings included that the majority of students use lecture capture selectively as a supplement to live lectures, with minimal drops in attendance. Positive impacts on learning were found for some students, like those with learning difficulties, though results were mixed. Lecturers were found to make some changes to teaching with lecture capture, like moving toward more active learning approaches.
Presentation given on behalf of Grainne Conole at NLC2014, 8 April 2014: description of the 7Cs of Learning Design framework and some background to the concept of Learning Design.
The document evaluates a new approach to learning design that uses explicit design-based methods rather than implicit, belief-based approaches. It discusses how social media offers new ways to communicate and collaborate but these opportunities are not fully exploited. The Learning Design project at the Open University encourages reflective practices and sharing to promote better design. The document outlines the Design-Practice project which involves reviewing and repurposing existing resources, localization, and evaluation.
The document discusses the 7Cs of learning design, which are a framework to help conceptualize, create, communicate, and consolidate effective course designs. It outlines the 7Cs as conceptualize, communicate, consider, create, collaborate, consolidate, and continue. The document then provides an example agenda and activities for a workshop to help educators learn and apply the 7Cs of learning design to their own courses through reflective exercises like developing course features, maps, resource audits, activity profiles, and storyboards.
The document discusses the 7Cs of learning design, which are a framework to help conceptualize, create, communicate, and consolidate effective course designs. It outlines several activities and "e-tivities" for course teams to work through together to map out course features, develop a course map and timeline, audit learning resources, create activity profiles, storyboards, and task swimlanes. The goal is to encourage reflective and collaborative practices around designing learning experiences and content.
This document discusses emerging technological trends in education such as mobile learning, games-based learning, and BYOD (bring your own device). It also covers open practices like open resources, open courses, and open accreditation. The document outlines challenges for teachers in adopting new technologies and approaches despite rhetoric and funding. It proposes learning design as a way to shift from implicit to explicit design approaches. Finally, it introduces metaphors like ecologies, memes, spaces, and rhizomes for conceptualizing new approaches to learning in an open world.
This document outlines new approaches to learning design based on technological trends and teacher practices. It discusses the 7Cs framework for learning design and delivery, which includes cascading the approach to other institutions. The framework focuses on conceptualizing the design, using tools like course maps and activity profiles to plan content, format and resources under guidance, reflection, collaboration and communication sections. It also describes workshops to train others in this approach through activities and evaluation of designs.
The document summarizes an 8-part workshop on learning design for course teams. The workshop guides participants through a series of "e-tivities" to develop key course design documents, including a course mission statement, learning outcomes, course map, activity profile, storyboard, and implementation on a virtual learning environment. The workshop is structured to help course teams align all aspects of their course design and ensure consistency across documents. Participants reflect on their work at each stage and receive feedback from peers. The overall goal is to help course teams create well-designed online courses through a collaborative design process.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Gráinne Conole at the InSuEdu conference in Thessaloniki, Greece on October 1st, 2012. The presentation discussed new technological trends in learning including mobile devices, games, analytics and the internet of things. It also covered teacher practices, learning design frameworks, and facets of learning including resources, pathways, support and accreditation. Finally, it proposed that learning occurs within evolving ecological systems as tools and users co-evolve, with new niches being colonized and survival of the fittest approaches.
The document outlines Gráinne Conole's presentation on design thinking, learning design, and creativity. It discusses technological trends in learning like mobile learning, games-based learning, and the Internet of things. It then covers learning design frameworks like the 7Cs model and socio-cultural perspectives on design. Finally, it discusses approaches like design-based research and e-pedagogies that integrate technology and pedagogy for learning.
Learning Design in the Open: rethinking our courses for tomorrow's learnerswitthaus
This document summarizes a pre-conference workshop on learning design for open education. It introduces several frameworks and tools for open learning design, including the 7Cs framework, Carpe Diem, the Open University Learning Design Initiative (OULDI), and the SPEED project. SPEED uses e-tivities and the 7Cs framework to help educators improve student engagement through technology-enhanced learning design and delivery. Key resources from SPEED are summarized.
This document summarizes a presentation on harnessing new media for learning, teaching, and research. It discusses the characteristics of new technologies and their implications. Some key points are: (1) Learners are immersed in technology and prefer task-oriented and social learning approaches. (2) New media can be used to reach more learners effectively and impact business models and digital literacies. (3) Technologies should be mapped to pedagogies, like using blogs for reflection or forums for dialogue. (4) Learning design approaches make implicit designs explicit and encourage sharing. Activities in the presentation model mapping pedagogies to technologies and designing learning resources.
This document summarizes Dr. Alejandro Armellini's presentation on designing courses for openness. It discusses how the Carpe Diem learning design process has evolved over 3 years to focus on open educational practices and using open resources. Carpe Diem helps educators redesign courses in 2 days to make better use of learning technologies, open resources, and design for participation. The process provides deliverables like course blueprints, storyboards, and action plans. Quality is ensured through a framework that evaluates content, openness, reuse, evidence, and more.
The document discusses the 7Cs of learning design proposed by Gráinne Conole. The 7Cs include: conceptualize, capture, communicate, collaborate, consider, consolidate, and continue. Conole outlines how new technologies have led to more open, social, and participatory approaches to learning. However, replicating old pedagogies with new tools does not fully leverage their potential. The learning design process emphasizes explicit design methods and sharing of practices. It encourages reflecting on how to harness new technologies and resources while rethinking support and assessment of learning.
The document discusses the Open University Learning Design Initiative (OULDI) which aims to bridge the gap between technologies and their use in education. It outlines tools developed by OULDI like Cloudworks, a space for sharing and discussing teaching ideas and designs. The document also discusses learning design representations like course maps and task swimlanes that can help guide course design and make pedagogical approaches more explicit. Workshop activities explored using these tools and representations to design a course.
The document summarizes key trends in e-learning in higher education over time, including the development of learning management systems, social media, mobile technologies, and MOOCs. It discusses both the promise and limitations of new technologies, and advocates for a learning design approach to guide effective technology integration and pedagogical practices. The talk concludes by exploring implications for institutions, including the potential disaggregation of education into separate components like resources, pathways, support and accreditation.
The document discusses the 7Cs framework for learning design proposed by Gráinne Conole. It outlines characteristics of new media technologies and their implications for learning, teaching and research. Some key points include: new technologies allow for peer critiquing, user-generated content, and networked and personalized learning. However, their potential is not fully realized as existing pedagogies are often replicated without taking advantage of new opportunities. The 7Cs framework - conceptualize, create, communicate, consume, collaborate, contribute, and critique - provides a design-based approach that encourages reflective practices and sharing. It can help educators harness new technologies while rethinking design, support and assessment of learning.
The document outlines Gráinne Conole's workshop on learning design which provides an overview of learning design concepts and frameworks, applies various learning design tools and methods to course development, and discusses theoretical perspectives on learning design and the role of technology in supporting pedagogy. The workshop aims to help participants conceptualize learning design from different viewpoints and critique approaches to incorporating technologies in a way that enhances rather than hinders learning outcomes.
The document discusses emerging technologies for learning and their impact on teaching practices, highlighting concepts like learning design, digital pedagogies, online learning resources, and the need to view technology integration from an ecological perspective. It also presents frameworks for conceptualizing learning activities and evaluating course design, emphasizing an iterative, collaborative approach to educational research and development.
This document summarizes Gráinne Conole's presentation on teaching as a design science. It discusses how teaching can benefit from an evidence-based and creative design approach using learning design methodology. Conole outlines technological trends in education and challenges in teacher practice. She presents learning design as a way to promote reflection and encourage the sharing of teaching designs and resources. The presentation argues that disaggregation of education through open educational resources allows for more flexible learning pathways.
Digital tools and online resources are transforming teaching practices. The document outlines several trends including the growth of mobile learning, learning analytics, and bring your own device initiatives. It also discusses different pedagogical approaches that make use of digital media like inquiry-based, collective, and situated learning. The author advocates for the use of learning design frameworks to help educators intentionally integrate technologies and open educational resources into their teaching.
Towards a ThirdSpace: designing an inclusive open online learning ecosystemwitthaus
Presentation by Gabi Witthaus and Marwa Belghazi at MOONLITE workshop: Reaching out - Open Digital Learning for Disadvantaged Communities, University of Wolverhampton, 27 March 2019
The document evaluates a new approach to learning design that uses explicit design-based methods rather than implicit, belief-based approaches. It discusses how social media offers new ways to communicate and collaborate but these opportunities are not fully exploited. The Learning Design project at the Open University encourages reflective practices and sharing to promote better design. The document outlines the Design-Practice project which involves reviewing and repurposing existing resources, localization, and evaluation.
The document discusses the 7Cs of learning design, which are a framework to help conceptualize, create, communicate, and consolidate effective course designs. It outlines the 7Cs as conceptualize, communicate, consider, create, collaborate, consolidate, and continue. The document then provides an example agenda and activities for a workshop to help educators learn and apply the 7Cs of learning design to their own courses through reflective exercises like developing course features, maps, resource audits, activity profiles, and storyboards.
The document discusses the 7Cs of learning design, which are a framework to help conceptualize, create, communicate, and consolidate effective course designs. It outlines several activities and "e-tivities" for course teams to work through together to map out course features, develop a course map and timeline, audit learning resources, create activity profiles, storyboards, and task swimlanes. The goal is to encourage reflective and collaborative practices around designing learning experiences and content.
This document discusses emerging technological trends in education such as mobile learning, games-based learning, and BYOD (bring your own device). It also covers open practices like open resources, open courses, and open accreditation. The document outlines challenges for teachers in adopting new technologies and approaches despite rhetoric and funding. It proposes learning design as a way to shift from implicit to explicit design approaches. Finally, it introduces metaphors like ecologies, memes, spaces, and rhizomes for conceptualizing new approaches to learning in an open world.
This document outlines new approaches to learning design based on technological trends and teacher practices. It discusses the 7Cs framework for learning design and delivery, which includes cascading the approach to other institutions. The framework focuses on conceptualizing the design, using tools like course maps and activity profiles to plan content, format and resources under guidance, reflection, collaboration and communication sections. It also describes workshops to train others in this approach through activities and evaluation of designs.
The document summarizes an 8-part workshop on learning design for course teams. The workshop guides participants through a series of "e-tivities" to develop key course design documents, including a course mission statement, learning outcomes, course map, activity profile, storyboard, and implementation on a virtual learning environment. The workshop is structured to help course teams align all aspects of their course design and ensure consistency across documents. Participants reflect on their work at each stage and receive feedback from peers. The overall goal is to help course teams create well-designed online courses through a collaborative design process.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Gráinne Conole at the InSuEdu conference in Thessaloniki, Greece on October 1st, 2012. The presentation discussed new technological trends in learning including mobile devices, games, analytics and the internet of things. It also covered teacher practices, learning design frameworks, and facets of learning including resources, pathways, support and accreditation. Finally, it proposed that learning occurs within evolving ecological systems as tools and users co-evolve, with new niches being colonized and survival of the fittest approaches.
The document outlines Gráinne Conole's presentation on design thinking, learning design, and creativity. It discusses technological trends in learning like mobile learning, games-based learning, and the Internet of things. It then covers learning design frameworks like the 7Cs model and socio-cultural perspectives on design. Finally, it discusses approaches like design-based research and e-pedagogies that integrate technology and pedagogy for learning.
Learning Design in the Open: rethinking our courses for tomorrow's learnerswitthaus
This document summarizes a pre-conference workshop on learning design for open education. It introduces several frameworks and tools for open learning design, including the 7Cs framework, Carpe Diem, the Open University Learning Design Initiative (OULDI), and the SPEED project. SPEED uses e-tivities and the 7Cs framework to help educators improve student engagement through technology-enhanced learning design and delivery. Key resources from SPEED are summarized.
This document summarizes a presentation on harnessing new media for learning, teaching, and research. It discusses the characteristics of new technologies and their implications. Some key points are: (1) Learners are immersed in technology and prefer task-oriented and social learning approaches. (2) New media can be used to reach more learners effectively and impact business models and digital literacies. (3) Technologies should be mapped to pedagogies, like using blogs for reflection or forums for dialogue. (4) Learning design approaches make implicit designs explicit and encourage sharing. Activities in the presentation model mapping pedagogies to technologies and designing learning resources.
This document summarizes Dr. Alejandro Armellini's presentation on designing courses for openness. It discusses how the Carpe Diem learning design process has evolved over 3 years to focus on open educational practices and using open resources. Carpe Diem helps educators redesign courses in 2 days to make better use of learning technologies, open resources, and design for participation. The process provides deliverables like course blueprints, storyboards, and action plans. Quality is ensured through a framework that evaluates content, openness, reuse, evidence, and more.
The document discusses the 7Cs of learning design proposed by Gráinne Conole. The 7Cs include: conceptualize, capture, communicate, collaborate, consider, consolidate, and continue. Conole outlines how new technologies have led to more open, social, and participatory approaches to learning. However, replicating old pedagogies with new tools does not fully leverage their potential. The learning design process emphasizes explicit design methods and sharing of practices. It encourages reflecting on how to harness new technologies and resources while rethinking support and assessment of learning.
The document discusses the Open University Learning Design Initiative (OULDI) which aims to bridge the gap between technologies and their use in education. It outlines tools developed by OULDI like Cloudworks, a space for sharing and discussing teaching ideas and designs. The document also discusses learning design representations like course maps and task swimlanes that can help guide course design and make pedagogical approaches more explicit. Workshop activities explored using these tools and representations to design a course.
The document summarizes key trends in e-learning in higher education over time, including the development of learning management systems, social media, mobile technologies, and MOOCs. It discusses both the promise and limitations of new technologies, and advocates for a learning design approach to guide effective technology integration and pedagogical practices. The talk concludes by exploring implications for institutions, including the potential disaggregation of education into separate components like resources, pathways, support and accreditation.
The document discusses the 7Cs framework for learning design proposed by Gráinne Conole. It outlines characteristics of new media technologies and their implications for learning, teaching and research. Some key points include: new technologies allow for peer critiquing, user-generated content, and networked and personalized learning. However, their potential is not fully realized as existing pedagogies are often replicated without taking advantage of new opportunities. The 7Cs framework - conceptualize, create, communicate, consume, collaborate, contribute, and critique - provides a design-based approach that encourages reflective practices and sharing. It can help educators harness new technologies while rethinking design, support and assessment of learning.
The document outlines Gráinne Conole's workshop on learning design which provides an overview of learning design concepts and frameworks, applies various learning design tools and methods to course development, and discusses theoretical perspectives on learning design and the role of technology in supporting pedagogy. The workshop aims to help participants conceptualize learning design from different viewpoints and critique approaches to incorporating technologies in a way that enhances rather than hinders learning outcomes.
The document discusses emerging technologies for learning and their impact on teaching practices, highlighting concepts like learning design, digital pedagogies, online learning resources, and the need to view technology integration from an ecological perspective. It also presents frameworks for conceptualizing learning activities and evaluating course design, emphasizing an iterative, collaborative approach to educational research and development.
This document summarizes Gráinne Conole's presentation on teaching as a design science. It discusses how teaching can benefit from an evidence-based and creative design approach using learning design methodology. Conole outlines technological trends in education and challenges in teacher practice. She presents learning design as a way to promote reflection and encourage the sharing of teaching designs and resources. The presentation argues that disaggregation of education through open educational resources allows for more flexible learning pathways.
Digital tools and online resources are transforming teaching practices. The document outlines several trends including the growth of mobile learning, learning analytics, and bring your own device initiatives. It also discusses different pedagogical approaches that make use of digital media like inquiry-based, collective, and situated learning. The author advocates for the use of learning design frameworks to help educators intentionally integrate technologies and open educational resources into their teaching.
Towards a ThirdSpace: designing an inclusive open online learning ecosystemwitthaus
Presentation by Gabi Witthaus and Marwa Belghazi at MOONLITE workshop: Reaching out - Open Digital Learning for Disadvantaged Communities, University of Wolverhampton, 27 March 2019
Learning from the experience of refugees in open, online Higher Educationwitthaus
This document summarizes a study on the online learning experiences of refugees using Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) through the Kiron Open Higher Education program. The study used interviews and focus groups with 10 Kiron learners to identify 43 depictions of their online learning experiences. These depictions were then analyzed through the framework of the Community of Inquiry, with additional consideration of a new "learning presence" category. The analysis found that learners sought guidance, feedback and social interaction to support their learning. While the Community of Inquiry framework provided a useful structure, it did not fully capture issues of structure and agency that impacted the learners.
Recognition of open learning and the unbundling of higher educationwitthaus
This document discusses recognition of open learning and the unbundling of higher education. It outlines different flavors of recognition for MOOCs, including recognition of home-made MOOCs, external MOOCs, external MOOCs embedded in degree programs, challenge-for-credit models, and recognition by portfolio. It also discusses how higher education provision can be unbundled, with different institutions providing content, teaching, support and assessment. Recognition of prior learning through portfolios is mentioned as a way to assess skills, experience and theoretical understanding for credit.
Opening up Higher Education against the policy backdrop of the 'knowledge eco...witthaus
The document discusses the conflicting discourses around opening up higher education and the market-driven approach. It analyzes two texts - a UK white paper promoting competition and student choice, and an EU framework advocating open education. The white paper uses language portraying students as consumers and competition as essential, while the framework emphasizes collaboration and access. The author examines how higher education institutions must navigate these diverging discourses around marketization and openness. Research questions consider the overlap and differences between these approaches and how institutions comply with both.
Action Research in a Community of Practice: from Disciplinary Teaching to Sch...witthaus
Workshop co-presented with Keith Pond at the Chartered Association of Business Schools #LTSE2017 in Bristol, 25 April 2017. Developed in collaboration with the L'boro SBE Community of Practice founders, Chris WIlson and Alex WIlson.
POERUP elevator pitch: 26 countries in 26 minuteswitthaus
Presentation by POERUP team at OER13 in Nottingham - an overview of open educational resources policies worldwide, based on the POERUP project research (http://www.poerup.info)
Get up to SPEED on e-design and delivery at LSBUwitthaus
Presentation given at LSBU about SPEED project (www.tinyurl.com/speed-website), 23 Oct 2012. Also see www.tinyurl.com/lsbudecisions - collaborative document generated by the group during the session.
EmpOERing students and academics through large-scale open content initiatives witthaus
1. The document summarizes a presentation on major open educational resource (OER) initiatives in Europe based on research from the POERUP project.
2. It describes differences between countries in areas like education systems, internet access, e-learning use, and policy support for OER. Emerging themes around OER include shifting from development to practice and community building.
3. Participants engaged in a debate on the potential impact of OER on students and academics in Europe and brainstormed ways to increase OER benefits for students and challenges to uptake.
What do people in UK HEIs think of the OERu concept?witthaus
The document summarizes research into what people in UK higher education institutions think of the OERu (Open Educational Resources university) concept. Interviews were conducted with OERu network members and UK HEI thought leaders, and a survey was administered to UK HEIs. The research identified two key themes in the responses: 1) support for the idea of open collaboration and sharing of educational resources across institutions, and 2) questions around the sustainability and scalability of the OERu concept.
iTunes U and the OERu: Two Different Ways to Reach the Worldwitthaus
Presentation given by Terese Bird and Gabi Witthaus at the Higher Education Academy's SCORE showcase event at the Open University on 11 July 2012. Full case study report available at http://tinyurl.com/iTunesU-OERu .
The OERu from the inside out and the outside inwitthaus
Presentation given at SAIDE (South African Institution of Distance Education) in Johannesburg, 15 June 2012. The audience included friends of mine from the University of the Witwatersrand and consultants in the fields of adult basic education and training, and so I included an overview of the whole field of OERs before sharing what I had learnt about the OER university through my TOUCANS research.
Presentation overview:
Part 1: OERs... the story so far
Part 2: The OERu from the inside out (views of people working within OERu network institutions)
Part 3: The OERu from the outside in (UK HEI views on the OERu concept)
Please note that this is work in progress and findings are indicative.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Ming Nie and Gabi Witthaus from the Beyond Distance Research Alliance at the University of Leicester to the University of South Africa (UNISA) in June 2012. The presentation provided an overview of open educational resource (OER) development in the UK and OER work being done at the University of Leicester, including various OER projects, repositories, and initiatives to support OER creation and use. It also included a discussion of how UNISA could apply lessons from the University of Leicester's OER work.
Optimising research possibilities in online teaching and learningwitthaus
This document summarizes research being conducted into online teaching and learning at the University of Leicester. It provides an overview of e-learning research projects and examples of using new technologies. Key findings from an online survey and department visits are outlined, including that the virtual learning environment is primarily used for content delivery and administration, and that more support is needed for effective design strategies. The document also shares examples of using mobile virtual learning environments, audio feedback for distance learners, and tablet computers in museum studies.
These are the slides from my "end-of-fellowship" presentation I gave at the OU on 31 May 2012. They contain the broad brush strokes of very initial findings from my TOUCANS research into UK HEI views on the OERu concept. More detailed findings to follow over the coming month.
Pests of Rice: Damage, Identification, Life history, and Management.pptxArshad Shaikh
Rice pests can significantly impact crop yield and quality. Major pests include the brown plant hopper (Nilaparvata lugens), which transmits viruses like rice ragged stunt and grassy stunt; the yellow stem borer (Scirpophaga incertulas), whose larvae bore into stems causing deadhearts and whiteheads; and leaf folders (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis), which feed on leaves reducing photosynthetic area. Other pests include rice weevils (Sitophilus oryzae) and gall midges (Orseolia oryzae). Effective management strategies are crucial to minimize losses.
Coleoptera, commonly known as beetles, is the largest order of insects, comprising approximately 400,000 described species. Beetles can be found in almost every habitat on Earth, exhibiting a wide range of morphological, behavioral, and ecological diversity. They have a hardened exoskeleton, with the forewings modified into elytra that protect the hind wings. Beetles play important roles in ecosystems as decomposers, pollinators, and food sources for other animals, while some species are considered pests in agriculture and forestry.
Trends Spotting Strategic foresight for tomorrow’s education systems - Debora...EduSkills OECD
Deborah Nusche, Senior Analyst, OECD presents at the OECD webinar 'Trends Spotting: Strategic foresight for tomorrow’s education systems' on 5 June 2025. You can check out the webinar on the website https://oecdedutoday.com/webinars/ Other speakers included: Deborah Nusche, Senior Analyst, OECD
Sophie Howe, Future Governance Adviser at the School of International Futures, first Future Generations Commissioner for Wales (2016-2023)
Davina Marie, Interdisciplinary Lead, Queens College London
Thomas Jørgensen, Director for Policy Coordination and Foresight at European University Association
Based in Wauconda, Diana Enriquez teaches dual-language social studies at West Oak Middle School, guiding students in grades 6-8. With a degree from Illinois State University and an ESL/Bilingual certification, she champions diversity and equity in education. Diana’s early experience as a special education paraprofessional shaped her commitment to inclusive and engaging learning.
Dashboard Overview in Odoo 18 - Odoo SlidesCeline George
Odoo 18 introduces significant enhancements to its dashboard functionalities, offering users a more intuitive and customizable experience. The updated dashboards provide real-time insights into various business operations, enabling informed decision-making.
How to Create a Stage or a Pipeline in Odoo 18 CRMCeline George
In Odoo, the CRM (Customer Relationship Management) module’s pipeline is a visual representation of a company's sales process that helps sales teams track and manage their interactions with potential customers.
Smart Borrowing: Everything You Need to Know About Short Term Loans in Indiafincrifcontent
Short term loans in India are becoming a go-to financial solution for individuals needing quick access to funds without long-term commitments. With fast approval, minimal documentation, and flexible tenures, these loans are ideal for handling emergencies, unexpected bills, or short-term goals. Understanding key aspects like short term loan features, eligibility, required documentation, and how to apply for a short term loan can help borrowers make informed decisions. Whether you're salaried or self-employed, short term loans offer convenience and speed. This guide walks you through the essentials so you can secure the right loan at the right time.
How to Create Time Off Request in Odoo 18 Time OffCeline George
Odoo 18 provides an efficient way to manage employee leave through the Time Off module. Employees can easily submit requests, and managers can approve or reject them based on company policies.
Forestry Model Exit Exam_2025_Wollega University, Gimbi Campus.pdfChalaKelbessa
This is Forestry Exit Exam Model for 2025 from Department of Forestry at Wollega University, Gimbi Campus.
The exam contains forestry courses such as Dendrology, Forest Seed and Nursery Establishment, Plantation Establishment and Management, Silviculture, Forest Mensuration, Forest Biometry, Agroforestry, Biodiversity Conservation, Forest Business, Forest Fore, Forest Protection, Forest Management, Wood Processing and others that are related to Forestry.
Happy Summer Everyone. This is also timeless for future viewing.
You all have been upgraded from ‘Guest’ Students to ‘Graduate’ Students. Do Welcome Back. For new guests, please see our free weekly workshops from Spring ‘25’
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Christian education is an important element in forming moral values, ethical Behaviour and
promoting social unity, especially in diverse nations like in the Caribbean. This study examined
the impact of Christian education on the moral growth in the Caribbean, characterized by
significant Christian denomination, like the Orthodox, Catholic, Methodist, Lutheran and
Pentecostal. Acknowledging the historical and social intricacies in the Caribbean, this study
tends to understand the way in which Christian education mold ethical decision making, influence interpersonal relationships and promote communal values. These studies’ uses, qualitative and quantitative research method to conduct semi-structured interviews for twenty
(25) Church respondents which cut across different age groups and genders in the Caribbean. A
thematic analysis was utilized to identify recurring themes related to ethical Behaviour, communal values and moral development. The study analyses the three objectives of the study:
how Christian education Mold’s ethical Behaviour and enhance communal values, the role of
Christian educating in promoting ecumenism and the effect of Christian education on moral
development. Moreover, the findings show that Christian education serves as a fundamental role
for personal moral evaluation, instilling a well-structured moral value, promoting good
Behaviour and communal responsibility such as integrity, compassion, love and respect. However, the study also highlighted challenges including biases in Christian teachings, exclusivity and misconceptions about certain practices, which impede the actualization of
IDSP is a disease surveillance program in India that aims to strengthen/maintain decentralized laboratory-based IT enabled disease surveillance systems for epidemic prone diseases to monitor disease trends, and to detect and respond to outbreaks in the early phases swiftly.....
Prottutponnomotittwa: A Quiz That Echoed the Pulse of Bengal
On the 31st of May, 2025, PRAGYA – The Official Quiz Club of UEM Kolkata – did not merely organize another quiz. It hosted an ode to Bengal — its people, its quirks, its politics, its art, its rebellion, its heritage. Titled Prottutponnomotittwa, the quiz stood as a metaphor for what Bengal truly is: sharp, intuitive, spontaneous, reflective. A cultural cosmos that thrives on instinct, memory, and emotion.
From the very first slide, it became clear — this wasn’t a quiz made to showcase difficulty or elitism. It was crafted with love — love for Bangla, for its past, present, and its ever-persistent contradictions.
The diversity of the answer list tells the real story of the quiz. The curation was not random. Each answer was a string on a veena of cultural resonance.
In the “Cultural Pairings” round, Anusheh Anadil and Arnob were placed not just as musicians, but as voices of a modern, cross-border Bangla. Their works, which blend baul, jazz, and urban folk, show how Bengal exists simultaneously in Dhaka and Shantiniketan.
The inclusion of Ritwik Chakraborty and Srijit Mukherjee (as a songwriter) showed how the quiz masters understood evolution. Bangla cinema isn’t frozen in the Ray-Ghatak past. It lives, argues, breaks molds — just like these men do.
From Kalyani Black Label to Radhunipagol Chal, consumer culture too had its place. One is liquid courage, the other culinary madness — both deeply Bengali.
The heart truly swelled when the answers touched upon Baidyanath Bhattacharya and Chandril. Both satirists, both sharp, both essential. It was not just about naming them — it was about understanding what different types of literature means in a Bengali context.
Titumir — the play about a peasant rebel who built his own bamboo fort and dared to challenge the British.
Krishnananda Agamvagisha — the mystical Tantric who shaped how we understand esoteric Bengali spiritualism.
Subhas Chandra Bose — the eternal enigma, the braveheart whose shadow looms large over Bengal’s political psyche.
Probashe Ghorkonna — a story lived by many Bengalis. The medinipur daughter, who made a wholesome family, not only in bengal, but across the borders. This answer wasn’t just information. It was emotion.
By the end, what lingered was not the scoreboard. It was a feeling.
The feeling of sitting in a room where Chalchitro meets Chabiwala, where Jamai Shosthi shares the stage with Gayatri Spivak, where Bhupen Hazarika sings with Hemanga Biswas, and where Alimuddin Road and Webskitters occupy the same mental map.
You don’t just remember questions from this quiz.
You remember how it made you feel.
You remember smiling at Keet Keet, nodding at Prabuddha Dasgupta, getting goosebumps at the mention of Bose, and tearing up quietly when someone got Radhunipagol Chal right.
This wasn’t a quiz.
This was an emotional ride of Bangaliyana.
This was — and will remain — Prottutponnomotittwa.
1. The 7Cs of Learning Design:
A Pilot Workshop
Slides prepared for BDRA, 11 April 2012
Background info and more resources available
from http://tinyurl.com/7Cs-cloudscape
2. Plenary work
Course team work
Session 1 (e-tivities)
•Update on the Masters (GC)
•Mini-pres: background to
workshop (GW + MN)
•Intro to e-tivity 1 (GW)
E-tivity 1: Consider
your Course Features
Session 2
•Review of Course Features
(GW)
E-tivity 2: Develop
•Intro to e-tivity 2 (GC)
your Course Map
Session 3
• Review completed course E-tivity 3: Do a Learning
maps (GC) Design Resource Audit
• Intro to e-tivity 3 (AA)
http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloudscape/view/2379
3. Plenary work
Course team work
Session 4 (e-tivities)
• Review of completed resource
audits (AA)
• Intro to e-tivity 4 (GC)
E-tivity 4: Develop your
Session 5 Activity Profile
•Review of Activity Profiles (GC)
•Intro to e-tivity 5 (AA)
E-tivity 5: Develop
your Storyboard
Session 6
•Review of Storyboards (AA)
•Task Swimlane (GC)
•Intro to e-tivity 6 (AA)
•Stock-taking and target-setting E-tivity 6: Develop
for next day (GC) your e-tivities
Items in italics to be done if time on Day 1; otherwise in follow-up workshops
4. Background to the workshop
• Update on MLI
• A brief web tour:
– OULDI website
– Carpe Diem website
– 7Cs OER page: http://tinyurl.com/uol-7Cs-oers
– Cloudworks cloudscape for this workshop (with
links to extra background info, blogs, etc.)
– How to find the VLE for this workshop
6. Course Features resources
• http://tinyurl.com/coursefeatures
• http://tinyurl.com/coursefeatures-Excel
• http://linoit.com
7. Questions for reflection on Course
Features e-tivity
• Did individuals in the teams have different views
on any of these key aspects? If so, what were
these?
• Did you understand any of the terms in different
ways? If so, what were these?
• Did you have any ideas as to what the colours
represented? See next slide ;-)
• Did you have significantly more or fewer of any
colour? What might be the implications for
learners of this?
8. Course Features Key
• Green = Communication and collaboration
• Blue = Content and activities
• Purple = Reflection and demonstration
• Orange = Guidance and support
14. Review of Course Maps
• Discussion of Course Maps
• Have you revised your Course Features?
15. Introduction to E-tivity 3: Learning
Design Resource Audit
Format
Content (under the Text & graphics Audio Video Slides (e.g. Other (e.g. Adobe
appropriate licences) PowerPoint) Presenter)
OER for section 1.
Reflective task from
What I find and reuse iTunesU resources for Slideshare resource for Organisation X’s
source Z. Podcast for section 3.
as is sections 1 and 7. section 5. website.
Guidelines on
assignment writing.
OER for section 2.
What I find, tweak and
Assessment rubric from
use
W.
What I find, repurpose New podcast based on Slides adapted from
OER for section 3.
and use X. resource Y.
What I create for this Introduction to all 5 to 8-minute A 5-minute talking Support slides for Detailed presentations
module sections of the module. summaries of key head to introduce the sections 4, 7 and 8. for sections 2, 3 and 6.
5 e-tivities. Summaries. points per section. programme and the
Assessment rubrics. Advice and guidance academic team.
for assessment.
Feedback on draft
assignments.
www.tinyurl.com/resource-audit
16. Review of Resource Audits
• Discussion of Resource Audits
• Have you revised your Course Features?
• Have your Course Maps changed?
17. Introduction to E-tivity 4:
Develop your Activity Profile
• http://tinyurl.com/ActivityProfileFlash
• http://tinyurl.com/ActivityProfileExcel
19. Review of Activity Profiles
• Discussion of Activity Profiles
• Have you revised your Course Features?
• Have your Course Maps changed?
• Do you need to modify your LD Resource
Audit?
22. Review of the Storyboards
•Discussion of Storyboards
•As a result of the Storyboards, are any changes
needed to:
–your Course Features?
–your Course Maps?
–your LD Resource Audit?
–your Activity Profiles?
24. And… off we go!
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25. Many thanks to the following
people, whose helping hands
may not always have been visible:
•The OULDI and Carpe Diem projects for all the resources
•Rebecca Galley for help with the planning
•Prof. Grainne Conole for all her input
•Dr Ale Armellini for all his input
•Dr Ming Nie for the evaluation and support
•SAIDE workshop participants for their feedback on the first pilot workshop
•BDRA workshop participants for their input
•JISC and the HEA for the funding.
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