Strategic Consultation
Advising on a platform feature, design proposal, or other project where pedagogical or design expertise is needed.
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GOAL/ To apply the team's expertise in learning science, experience design, and learning outcomes to pressing questions in a variety of domains.DURATION/ 1 - 3 weeks, on average, though timing varies widely.OUTPUT/ Variable, but will usually range from a short verbal brainstorm to a targeted recommendations memo.
METHODOLOGY/
We'll usually begin work with a short scoping exercise: a quick chat or email exchange to identify needs.
Depending on the nature of your question, additional research, fact-finding, or networking may be required before engaging more deeply.
Most commonly, though, the beginning and end of a strategic consultation is a live video meeting to ask questions, share findings, and bat around ideas.
If you have a question that would benefit from the application of expertise in learning science, experience design, curriculum strategy, or course design -- we'd love to talk about it!
EXAMPLES/
Strategic consultations are quick and lightweight by nature. Most do not involve detailed deliverables -- and those that do typically align to a more common project format.
Examples of recent strategic consultations include:
Advising a faculty research team on how to best leverage the Open edX platform for a research project assessing the impact of race and gender presentation of faculty instructors on student learning outcomes
Advising a team of bootcamp instructors on updating their program-wide grading and academic integrity policies in the light of recent advancements in generative AI
Advising an internal engineering team on some of the pedagogical upsides and risks of a potential new open course feature (study groups)
Advising a new university partner on their approach to self-directed course design
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