Launch event for the Open Learning Design Studio massive open online course.

Lots of people struggling to be here – the Cloudworks link is down and YouTube doesn’t seem to be broadcasting anything. Some people can pick up via Stadium – others are having less success. Lots of discussion across Google+, Twitter and Facebook. Some people getting in after half an hour, others still struggling. I’ve given up on online access and walked downstairs to see it in RL.

Keywords around the field of learning design: context (local theories, metic reasoning and ecology of resources), practice (pedagogic practice, design practices, epistemic practice and learning as confluence), representations (designing representations, representations of design, design principles, design patterns, design narratives), curation and tools (tools include CADMOS, Collafe, Learning Designer, Pedagogical Pattern Collector).

This is a project-based MOOC.

Cycle: initiate, investigate, ideate, connect, prototype, curate, evaluate, reflect.

Initiate is about conceiving the project and finding a team to work with. Working on something that is a real concern, that you can work on with a team of people.

Investigate is about investigating the context in which you are working. How to work from that context to achieve your aims.

Ideate Focus is on techniques for brainstorming designs and generating ideas.

Connect your ideas with other people’s ideas and look at design patterns. Which patterns and principles are applicable to our project.

Prototype Build a quick initial implementation of your idea. Something you can work with and play with.

Curate

Evaluate – Maybe evaluate the design as an artefact or evaluate it through use

Reflect on the process and through this, look at various processes of learning design.

Prezi: http://prezi.com/b44jwdgvs8nl/olds-mooc-introduction/