Course Handbook

The key learning activities in FLO-Design are:

• Review weekly Overviews: Each week features a different Moodle "book" that introduces new ideas and approaches that can be used in the "hands-on" design project.
  
  
• Plan / design a Unit of online learning (2-3 weeks) focused on a selected topic relevant to teaching and learning  (from a selection of topics shared in Week 1 or from an individual project chosen by the participant and approved by the FLO-Design facilitators). A final component of the plan will be a prototype learning activity.

• Participate in weekly Studio Forums:  participants learn from sharing their design progress and receiving feedback from FLO facilitators and peers; in turn, participants are asked to review and provide constructive feedback to others each week.
  
  
• Reflective practice:  participants will maintain a personal learning journal, beginning each week with objectives for the week and finishing each week with a review of their own progress and a sharing of "nuggets" of learning with others in a weekly Reflections forum.

• Assessment:  progress in achieving the workshop learning outcomes will be assessed through a FLO-Design Rubric that includes elements of participation in collaborative learning and specific pedagogical and planning elements. An additional form of assessment will be provided by feedback structures, presented by the FLO Facilitator and modified by participants to suit their project's evolving design.