--- tags: soc --- # Summer 2022 CPD workshops ## School of Computing Dear colleagues, We're running a series of teaching and learning workshops over the next few weeks as a run-in to the new academic year and preparation for future Curriculum Redefined work. There are four half-day sessions to which everyone is invited. They will all take place in **Bragg 2.09** (the temporary seminar room). Dates, indicative content and booking links are below. It helps to let us know who is coming in advance! |Session | Time and Date | Booking link | |--------|---------------|--------------| |Planning for learning and assessment |Thursday 4/8 1300-1600 |[Booking](https://forms.office.com/r/z7iwCHWH24) | |Principles of backwards design |Wednesday 10/8 1300-1600 |[Booking](https://forms.office.com/r/D67VjEnkk5)| |Teaching skills 1 |Thursday 18/8 1000-1300 |[Booking](https://forms.office.com/r/ajQxjGFFtW) | |Teaching skills 2 |Tuesday 23/8 1000-1300 |[Booking](https://forms.office.com/r/uUYPimA42f) | ### Session 1 (1300-1600: Thursday 2022-08-04) ### <a name="planning"></a>**Planning for Learning and Assessment** 1. What are Learning Objectives and why do we need them? 2. The difference between Objectives and Goals 3. How to write "good" learning objectives, considering: * Audience * Behaviour * Standard * Condition 4. Making objectives **SMART** 5. Cognitive, Affective and Psychomotor domains 6. How dow we know LOs are being met? ### Session 2 (1300-1600: Wednesday 22-08-10) ### <a name="rid"></a>**Principles of Reverse Instructional (Backwards) Design** 1. Understanding by Design: Curriculum Design as an Engineering activity 2. Instructional design models: Backwards Design vs ADDIE: Parallels with 'test driven dev' vs. 'waterfall' 3. The benefits of RI design 4. The three stages of RI design: * Identify desired results * Determine acceptable evidence * Plan learning experiences 5. Introducing the *Backwards Design Template* 6. Creating delivery plans and lesson plans ### Session 3 (1000-1300: Thursday 2022-08-18) ### <a name="ts1"></a>**Small group teaching skills (1)** * Building skill with practice: How do people learn? * Expertise and teaching * Memory and cognitive load * Building skill with feedback * How to motivate and (not) demotivate learners ### Session 4 (1000-1300: Tuesday 2022-08-23) ### <a name="ts2"></a>**Small group teaching skills (2)** * Live coding and demonstrating is a skill! * Preparing to teach my first group * Microteaching exercises * How to introduce and close a session * Wrapping it all up