PREDICT

(Promoting Realistic Engaging Discussions in Curriculum Teams)

Overview

PREDICT is a project sponsored by JISC within the Institutional approaches to curriculum design programme. The project focus is to develop a new curriculum design process that is efficient, flexible, focuses on enhancing educational development and the student experience and, is supported with responsive technology to accommodate our curriculum models. It is essential that the design process takes account of our diverse stakeholders - whether learners, staff or employers.

Aims and objectives

PREDICT aims to develop a new curriculum design process that is efficient and flexible and utilizes responsive technology to accommodate our curriculum models and enhance learning opportunities.

The main objectives of the project are to:

• Engage all stakeholders in the process
• Develop a curriculum design process drawing upon stakeholder experiences
• Use technology to support the curriculum design process
• Develop values and principles for curriculum design around educational development and the
• student experience
• Complete the project with an evaluative and critical approach

Project methodology

This project will use four main activities each with clearly defined outputs. These are: discovery, process of engaging discussions, review and an evaluation approach.
The methodology will enable an evaluation of the current curriculum design processes across the sector as well as outlining the current challenges within curricula design. A new business process with a prototype will be developed and then piloted with Schools. Following collection and analysis of the evaluation data a plan for extending this across the Schools will be developed, and, a plan for embedding this activity into the institutions business. Evaluations reports and data will be disseminated across the community.

Anticipated Outputs and Outcomes

The project outputs will include:

• An analysis and evaluation of the curriculum design process and identification of principles and values that underpin the process
• Case studies related to stakeholder engagement and communication
• Case studies from the pilots of the process will be developed from each of the Schools involved.
• Tips and guidance for curriculum design
• Workshops on curriculum design, the technology to support this and to develop learning and teaching materials as part of the process
• Guidance will be developed for practitioners and staff involved in programme design in terms of engaging in the process in a developmental manner and for stakeholders such as employers and professional bodies on their role in the curriculum design process.