1. Course[ware] Management Systems? Learning Management Systems? *Learning Support Systems* Dr. Tom Carey Associate Vice-President - Learning Resources & Innovation University of Waterloo Information management transaction management performance support

2. Begin with learning goals Why? Prerequisites are competencies, not courses Re-use resources in other offerings e.g. Reusing Online Resources [www.reusing.info] ch. 9 How? Focus on matrix of concepts and competencies capability-based curriculum, e.g. www.rmit.edu.au recent research of John Bransford [Vanderbilt] + LSS? competency 1competency 2 concept 1xxx xx concept 2 xx x concept 3 x concept 4 xxxxxxx

3. Design learning pathways Why? Learners choose amongst multiple ways to achieve competency combinations of primary and meta-content e.g., ethics + engineering, ethics + accountancy How? a ‘course’ is a manageable combination of modules current ‘curriculum’ unites goals and pathways organize modules for schedule and community expose educational rationale to learners some learning goals are achieved outside ‘courses’ LSS? Administrative backbone instructional Design Wizard not ‘pedagogically neutral’

4. Develop learning activities and resources Why? Reinforce importance of active learning How? T5 model embedded in University of Waterloo LSS Tasks what students are asked to do deliverable + feedback Topics [concepts] - local and shared Tools - ‘best of breed’ used by students to complete deliverable Teamwork task-based interaction for students & instructors Tutoring resources accumulated over time includes student contributions