Mod4L Project

Mod4L was part of the JISC-funded Design for Learning programme. It was led by the Caledonian Academy at Glasgow Caledonian, and ran from 1 May - 31 December 2006. For further details and to view project discussions, please see the Mod4L wiki.

Background to Mod4L:

Despite significant enthusiasm towards developing a language for describing learning designs that will enable sharing and reuse, researchers have yet to find ways to describe practice models so that practitioners in mainstream education can understand and apply them.

Practice models can be viewed as generic approaches to the structuring and orchestration of learning activities. They express elements of pedagogic principle and allow practitioners to make informed choices. There is a need for practitioner-focused resources describing a range of practice models and offering guidance on how these may be chosen and applied, how they can support effective practice in design for learning, and how they can support the development of effective tools, standards and systems with a learning design capability.

To be effective and sustainable practice models should be grounded in authentic practice and represented in ways that are meaningful to practitioners. In this sense practice models need to be both representations of effective practice (signify successful instances of good practice), and effective representations of practice (have high impact on practice).

Project Outputs:

• Presentation at Design for Learning startup meeting, May 2006
• Report on case studies, exemplars and learning designs
• Report on representing learning designs
• Two-page summary report

Contact:

Co-Director and Project Manager:
Dr Isobel Falconer
Lecturer in Learning Technology,
Caledonian Academy,
Glasgow Caledonian University,
Cowcaddens Rd,
Glasgow
G4 0BA

Tel: +44 (0)141 331 8408 or +44 (0)1334 478507
Email: isobel.falconer@gcal.ac.uk

Project Email: Mod4L@gcal.ac.uk

(view Aims & Objectives)

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