OTARA course design process getting some good press on Moodle.org
FYI - I posted a summary of our adapted OTARA approach on Moodle.org and a few people have reacted positively (http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=96012&parent=474450 - login as a guest if you don't have a Moodle.org account).
Some teachers freak-out when they see OTARA's tabular structure and have trouble working through the bigger picture view of a course before they get to filling in the learning objective/activity details. When we get some head space later this year would like to develop a more visual tool (or structured workshop process) for working through the broad learning approach and mix of delivery methods, as influenced by course purpose, learner profile and attempting to create an authentic context for the learner. e.g. self-paced vs collaborative learning, project-based or procedural approach, mix of online and face-to-face... Any suggestions based on ways you work through this part of the design process?
Cheers
David
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Otara
Hi David,
I think this Otara concept is very good, and great to finally see a Learning Design approach other than the ADDIE or Gagne stuff that is basically an objectivist concept of learning.
You mention that you want a more visual tool for Otara. Have you had a look at some of the work Jan Herrington and her colleagues have done on learning designs- I think you (or is it Kate or maurice) developed Otara on her and Ron Oliver's work? Anyway, check this out: http://www.learningdesigns.uow.edu.au/ .
I am not sure if I have seen your original papers when you (or who ever) first developed this model, but I was thinking that if you related it more tightly to a learning theory, this could help give more direction in how to structure the individual tasks/activities, how to determine which tasks to design based on learner needs and outcomes etc. Have this actually been done in the original papers or is this part of the future work?
Andrea