Outline:

This short course will focus on mapping out your scheme of work for the new academic year, using Musostudy – a model for student success. It will help you to consider your students’ learning needs, the TLAs you can use and how to adapt for online delivery.

Module mapping will help you to study the assessment requirements and the proposed scheme of work, in order to consider how best to implement it for your college, your students and yourself.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this CPD unit, you will be able to:

1. Reflect on and evaluate your students’ learning

You will be reviewing your teaching from last year considering knowledge learning, assessment mastery, student engagement and online considerations. This will aid your evaluation of your students’ learning needs.

2. Evaluate the current module

You will consider your module learning outcomes, scheme of work and assessment outcomes. You will be establishing the learning for the module, the assessment requirements and the skills and attributes students need. You will also be seeking areas where you can anticipate difficulties for students.

3. Design a module plan, considering students’ learning needs

Plan your approach to undertaking teaching your module this year, through identifying the assessment, engagement and study skills required as well as the knowledge and vocational skills required to successfully complete the module.

Learning Blocks

The learning is covered in 4 blocks or sessions:

1 The Musostudy Model

Watch a video on the model
Read The Module Map (Chapter 2 of The Musostudy Handbook). NB This is pre-reading for lesson 2

2 Module Mapping reflection

Watch a video on module mapping
Answer the reflective questions on your module

3 Mapping the Module

Watch a video on planning sessions
Complete the planning activities (you will need your scheme of work for next year for this activity)

4 Planning the Year

Watch a video on planning the sessions
Plan sessions, identifying TLAs to use

Session 1 – The Musostudy Model

1. Watch the session 1 video (9mins 55):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcDF0bZeVdA&list=PLQeIolmesO2Il-YbDdUy1bQ7KUjBIee9G&index=9

2. Download the Musostudy Handbook (12 Mb) – CLICK HERE

3. Read pages 40-42 of The Musostudy Handbook, (The Module Map), length 1500 words. This is pre-reading for session 2.

Additional Reading

Flick through the book and chose a chapter which most catches your eye (or read Chapters 1 to 3). If you are teaching online you may also wish to read Chapter 4 Teaching Online

Session 2 – Module Mapping Reflections

1. Read pages 40-42 of the Musostudy Handbook if you already haven’t completed this from the last session

2. Watch the session 2 video on module mapping (4 mins 42):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrKwQDKpTmQ&list=PLQeIolmesO2Il-YbDdUy1bQ7KUjBIee9G&index=8

3. Download the Module Mapping document (1.5mb) and answer the reflective questions for your module (pages 1-2). If you are teaching online you may also wish to complete the reflections on pages 3-4

Session 3: Mapping The Module

1. Watch the session video (6 mins 43): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GyZjxL22Ug&list=PLQeIolmesO2Il-YbDdUy1bQ7KUjBIee9G&index=7.

2. Complete

a. The Module Map activity on pages 5-6 (you will need your module’s scheme of work for this activity) in the Module Mapping Document (that you downloaded last session)

b. Structuring the Sessions (the following activity in the same document).

Additional Reading:

Biggs, J. (no date) Aligning teaching for constructing learning. Available at: https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/sites/default/files/resources/id477_aligning_teaching_for_constructing_learning.pdf (Accessed: 4 September 2020).

Session 4: Planning the Year

1. Watch the video on planning the sessions (5 min 6 sec): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiqOUCzXEWw

2. Review the toolkit section (p.68) of the Musostudy Handbook

3. Using the Musostudy Handbook, begin to plan sessions, identifying TLAs to use. Use the final part of the Module Map document to write this up if you wish.

Module Mapping