Developing and Refining Course Content While Remote Working

le Jeune D'Allegeershecque, J. , Langan-Martin, J. , Karadzhov, D. , Sharp, L. , McNaughton, L. and Weldon, M. (2021) Developing and Refining Course Content While Remote Working. 14th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, 18 Jun 2021.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a range of changes on working practices and intra-team collaboration within higher education which have had an effect on the planning, development, and delivery of teaching materials. The requirement across the University to adapt content to better fit a blended-teaching approach provides an excellent opportunity to update and improve learning materials. Since the start of the pandemic, the Global Mental Health (GMH) team have collaboratively produced a range of new learning materials, including a 4-week Massive Open Online Course on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and a 10-week SFC Funded Micro-Credential on the Impact of Trauma on Mental Health, in addition to adapting the existing Programme content to meet student needs. This presentation will highlight some examples of innovative practice which will be useful in guiding other educators to design and refine their learning materials. Remote working has made co-ordination of course development challenging. To overcome this, the GMH team relied on a range of technological tools, including MS Teams, OneNote, and Excel. Previous experience of effective working with the MVLS and Wiley Digital Learning Teams led to a OneNote template for course development being established. Steps within the template were developed, and once a draft created, the content within the step could be iteratively refined by different team members. All the learning materials under development were fully visible and editable to everyone simultaneously. In addition, a regularly updated open access spreadsheet allowed for progress to be clearly and effectively tracked across multiple courses, which helped motivate and encourage team members as they could physically observe the progress being made through the collaborative process. MS Teams further facilitated the sharing of information and requests for help or guidance. The process outlined above has proven equally useful in refining existing course content.

• Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item
• Status: Published
• Refereed: No
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: McNaughton, Ms Laura and Sharp, Dr Laura and Weldon, Mr Matthew and Le Jeune D'Allegeershecque, Mr Julien and Langan-Martin, Dr Julie and Karadzhov, Dr Dimitar
• Authors: le Jeune D'Allegeershecque, J., Langan-Martin, J., Karadzhov, D., Sharp, L., McNaughton, L., and Weldon, M.
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > Mental Health and Wellbeing; College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2021 The Authors
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced with the permission of the Author

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