Introduction to Phoebe A pedagogical planner tool – helping people to design for learning

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Rationale Make a complex domain accessible to a wider audience –Build on the “Effective Practice” materials Support current practice while pointing towards the future –Develop new pedagogical approaches while still using familiar planning tools New LD tools not yet widely used; output code only Successful IT projects reflect and build on practice

Setting the context ”Every teacher, tutor or instructional designer has his or her individual view on learning, expressed as a ‘pedagogy in use.’ Such a personal theory of learning can be aligned with one, or influenced by many pedagogical theories from literature, but are to a large extent dependent on personal experiences and preferences of learning.” (Magnusson and Svensson, 2001)

Learning design is a complex domain with relatively consistent elements

Everybody plans… (in a more or less formal manner) …but processes and outputs may vary

Tool must be informed by current practice to be meaningful Practitioner informant methodology –Chosen across sectors –Initial interviews Check ideas Develop use scenarios –Continuous input Pedagogy experts forum part of this consultation

The activity Collecting data on how people plan Mapping onto the tool Challenges –Structure - paths –vocabulary

Progress PI interviews Scenario development Prototype development Content development Resource identification