E-learn Weblog of Willem van Valkenburg

Via the EMMA newsletter I read about the 7Cs of learning design, a conceptual framework that combines the Open University’s Learning Design Initiative with the Carpe Diem learning design workshops by the University of Leicester.

The 7Cs are grouped into four categories:

• Vision
  • Conceptualise (i.e what are you designing and why, who are you designing for?)
• Activities 
  • Capture (in terms of capturing resources to be used and activities around Learner Generated Content)
  • Communicate (mechanisms to foster communication)
  • Collaborate (mechanisms to foster collaboration)
  • Consider (activities to promote reflection and enable assessment)
• Synthesis 
  • Combine (combining the activities to give a holistic overview of the design and associated learning pathways)
• Implementation 
  • Consolidate (in terms of running the design in a real learning context, evaluating, refining and sharing the design).

Each C has a set of Conceptual Learning Designs (CLDs) associated with it.

It looks like a useful model for learning design. The presentation below gives some more information.