Course Overview
This course offers academic practitioners an opportunity to start designing or redesigning curricula and courses which are based on sound educational principles and respond to the contextual issues underlying curriculum and course design within the South African higher education system. Participants engage with teaching and learning concepts and guidelines that help them design/redesign their curricula and courses. Participants also get the chance to explore a range of modes of delivery in their curriculum or course design, including the appropriate use of blended learning or online provision. The course introduces participants to a variety of curriculum models (e.g., outcomes-based, problem-based learning). It includes an exploration of the core concepts from learning theory which can be applied to the process of curriculum and course design. Participants may use the selected set of conceptual tools introduced in the course to think about curriculum and course design, including learning design, technology affordances and assessment.
Academics from a diverse range of disciplines are invited into the seminar space to share their expertise, experiences and insights in curriculum and course development. These are academics who have redesigned their course or participated in redesigning a degree programme, that is responsive to the contemporary South African higher education landscape. This is an endeavour to expose the course participants to a wealth of cases within their context as they work on their three assignments. These include constructing a situational analysis in anticipation of curriculum change in their respective courses; articulating and substantiating their pedagogical approaches and modes of delivery based on contextual aspects; and developing a proposal for the design or redesign of their courses drawing on the design principles learned in the HECCD course.
Session Details
The sessions are held on Thursday afternoons between 16h00 and 18h30 in hyflex mode.
Convener:
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Dr Tabisa Mayisela Email address: tabisa.mayisela@uct.ac.za |