A E B Events A curriculum is made up of many educational events Events have metadata, descriptive information about the events F C G DH I J K L

Objects Curricula may reference objectives, competencies, learning outcomes, or milestones

Objects and Events An event may be intended to address one or more objects (learning objectives, competencies, and milestones) An object may be associated with many events G K

Sequence Blocks Events can be organized into blocks of instruction, called Sequence Blocks (think course/module/year/phase/clerk ship etc) An recurring event may be associated with more than one Sequence Block Sequence blocks may be associated with objects (competencies, milestones, objectives) Sequence blocks have metadata, too A E B F C G DH I J K L A 1 2 7

Sequence Sequence blocks can be put together to form a the main structure of the curriculum (a sequence of courses, modules, phases, clerkships) A E B F C G DH I J K L A M E O N C G SH I J P R Q 1 2 3

Sequence Block Nesting Sequence blocks can be nested: a module or clerkship might be in a year which is within a phase and so on … ? Blocks will inherit any relations to competency objects from their sub-blocks ? No restriction on the number of nest levels A E B F I J 1 2 A E B F I J 1 2 A E B F I J 1 2 A E B F I J 1 2

Block Type = ordered Required Types of blocks: ordered Block Required A E B F I J Block Required C J Q Z R D Block Required A X M B T Y - All sub-blocks within an ordered block happen with a prescribed sequence

Block Type = unordered Required Types of blocks: unordered Block Required A E B F I J Block Required C J Q Z R D Block Required A X M B T Y Block Required D K N S L C - All sub-blocks within an unordered block happen for all students, but students may encounter them in a variable order

Block Type = selective, n=1 Required Types of blocks: selectives (?tracks) Block Optional A E B F I J Block Optional C J Q Z R D Block Optional A X M B T Y OR - Every student must participate in [specify number] of the blocks, and the order is variable

Block Type = parallel Required Types of blocks: parallel Block Required A E B F I J Block Required C J Q Z R D - All sub-blocks within a parallel block happen at the same time, but are distinct educational units

Nesting different types Block Type = parallel Required Block Required C J Q Z R D Block Type = ordered Required Block Required A E B F I J Block Required C J Q Z R D Block Required A X M B T Y Block Required R J L E Y N

Block Type = ordered Required Block Type = selective, n=1 Required Nesting different types Block Optional A E B F I J Block Optional C J Q Z P D Block Optional A X M B T Y OR Block Required B G F H R L

Block Type = unordered Required Block Type = selective Required Nesting different types Block Optional A E B F I J Block Optional C J Q Z P D Block Optional A X M B T Y OR Block Required B G F H R L Block Required H O K P V Q

Nesting different types Block Type = selective, n=2 Required Block Optional A E B F I J Block Optional C J Q Z R D AND /OR AND /OR Block Type = selective, n=1 Optional Block Optional A E B F I J Block Optional C J Q Z R D OR

Nesting different types Block Type = unordered Required Block Type = selective, n=1 Required Block Optional A E B F I J Block Optional C J Q Z R D OR Block Type = selective, n=1 Required Block Optional R K D F S B Block Optional M L X A P W OR

Integration Blocks Curricular themes, or Integration Blocks, may apply to many sequence blocks, events, or objectives/ competencies and describe how the curriculum is semantically integrated. An event or block may link to many Integration Blocks and an Integration Block may link to many events, blocks or objects A E B F C G DH I J K L A M E O N C G SH I J P R Q 1 3 2