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Link to the Voicethread Toolkit overview: Toolkit

The project will develop a set of tools that we will use:

• as a development tool within the project
• as an outcome of the project for others to use

Anna, Darren and Richard have been thinking about this and these are our reflections

Ideas for developing the toolkit

• it should address the tacit nature of the curriculum development process
• it should enhance the quality of the raw materials
• it should enable the materials to be re-used and further developed and possibly disaggregated

Propositions

• courses are designed as modules
• modules (in line with HE convention and practice) are aligned around learning outcomes, and some form of assessment
• module are contextualised and local
• stripping away contextual info in modules leaves them bare and difficult to use
• redesigning modules is subject to the above and is often (cultural) reproduction rather than a (re)design for learning
• modules carry intent that is often implicit / tacit / invisible - and constructing them to be shared requires this intent to be be reexamined by a) the originator b) future user

Rationale

• the importance (primacy?) of some visual element within the toolkit

Schema for developing the Toolkit

• ability to allow 'remix' of materials, or dissagregate
• feedback facility in 1 or more of the tools - user/contributor, interactive survey aspect
• The tool(s) will provide a means of:
• diagnosing practice - from perspective of contributor (give me a vocab / guidance to interpret my practice)
• diagnosing practice - from the user, explore conditions / orientations to re-use (we assume most academic re-users will not want to use 'off-the-shelf' materials)
• eliciting rich descriptions from contributors / rich descriptions from user needs, and / or mapping of content elements to descriptions
• providing guidance on integrating into practice / repertoires

We suggest that this schema might be imagined before it is realised: and we are developing visualisations of this