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JISC Curriculum Design programme (2008-2012)

See a more detailed overview of the programme and related resources at Institutional Approaches to Curriculum Design

There are 12 projects within this programme which are broadly focusing on developing flexible and responsive curricula which address institutional challenges and are enabled by the use of technology.  Each project has particular challenges they are seeking to address in different ways but there are common themes and approaches between the projects including:

• Developing learner-centred curriculum design and meeting the needs of different learner groups/markets
• Enhancing learner employability
• Engaging external stakeholders in curriculum development in particular employers and professional bodies
• Engaging the institution as a whole in the review, design and implementation of new curriculum design processes
• Developing agile and flexibile process models
• Developing new and existing  learning design methodologies

JISC Curriculum Delivery programme (2008-2010)

See a more detailed overview of the programme and related resources at Transforming Curriculum Delivery through Technology .

There are 15 projects within this programme: 12 universities and 3 FE colleges, 2 of which (College of West Anglia and Lewisham College) are Becta funded.  Each project has particular challenges they are seeking to address in different ways but there are common challenges, themes and approaches between the projects including:

• Innovative approaches to using technology to address needs of specific learner groups (wbl, part-time) and subject disciplines
• Student engagement and improving the learner experience
• Employability and skills development
• Assessment and feedback
• Trialling/piloting in varied subject discipline areas (e.g. art and design; medicine; biosciences, business)and across different levels  (i.e. diploma/foundation degree,  undergraduate, postgraduate)
• Exploring the used of varied tools and technologies (web 2.0, VLEs, blogs, virtual environments)

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