1. Thursday, March 03, 20161Event Name and Venue A Model of Responsiveness in Curriculum Design Rachel Forsyth, Manchester Metropolitan University Nicola Whitton, Manchester Metropolitan University Peter Whitton, Salford University

2. Curriculum design JISC project: Supporting Responsive Curricula. Responsiveness: The ability to recognise change drivers, and to make changes, in a timely manner. Thursday, March 03, 2016Event Name and Venue2

3. Thursday, March 03, 2016Event Name and Venue3 Image: model of responsiveness

4. Planting Ideas Stakeholder workshops used scenarios to prompt discussion. This highlighted barriers to responsiveness: culture and processes. Outcomes were used: –to press for change in processes. –to design staff development materials to help with discussion about culture. Thursday, March 03, 2016Event Name and Venue4

5. Curriculum design and approval Usually causes stress and confusion –two of the barriers to responsiveness. Curriculum tools devised –to simplify planning –to encourage debate. Thursday, March 03, 2016Event Name and Venue5

6. 1 – Planning cards Encourage discussion We can throw in wildcards Very popular with staff Easier to try out ideas than with paper documents Can be used with mixed academic/admin teams to highlight implications of change (eg admin, timetabling) Thursday, March 03, 2016Event Name and Venue6

7. 2 – Accreditation! The game Encourages discussion about the frustrations of process More effective than explaining the process via presentations? Thursday, March 03, 2016Event Name and Venue7

8. Summary Variety of techniques needed to get effective discussion; These techniques encourage collection of examples and scenarios; Need to involve mixed groups of planners, programmers, administrative and academic staff Thursday, March 03, 2016Event Name and Venue8