AHSS Digital Learning Team

Student & Staff Co-Design Workshops

2022 - 2023

What is Co-Design?

“A collaborative, reciprocal process through which all participants have the opportunity to contribute equally, ...to curricular or pedagogical conceptualisation, decision making, implementation, investigation, or analysis”.

(Cook-Sather, Bovill & Felten; 2014, pp. 6-7)

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How does the Co-Design Process work?

Step 1: Focus

30 minute discussion with one of the AHSS Digital Learning Developers approx. 2-3 weeks before the workshop takes place.

Step 2: Discuss

Online Workshop lasting 90 minutes.

Step 3: Review

Questionnaire and/or discussion at an agreed date after the workshop takes place.

Before the Workshop

Students and Staff will be asked what they would like to focus on during the Co-Design Workshop. Expectations and guidelines will also be agreed prior to the workshop taking place.

During the Workshop

Students and Staff have an open discussion (facilitated by the AHSS Digital Learning Developers) on the agreed topic of focus (from Step 1). This is where the Co-Design process takes place and action-points are agreed.

After the Workshop

Staff members review the agreed action-points and make any relevant changes to the topic of focus. Both Students and Staff will have the opportunity to review their experiences and any actions taken from the co-design process. There will also be an invitation to share the experiences and learnings with fellow peers.

The goal of the Co-Design Workshop is to bring Students and Staff together in an active decision-making process.

What will we focus on during the Co-Design Process?

You could focus on anything from a single learning resource, to the assessment tasks within a module, to the look/feel of an entire Canvas Course. The focus of the process will be discussed and agreed prior to the workshop.

Below are just a few ideas of what you might wish to focus on:

Learning Resources:

A digital/online learning resource (e.g. Discussion Forum Task, Reading Comprehension),
A particular lecture, lesson or lesson plan,
An overview look at a single topic or theme from the module,

Learning Outcomes:

How a particular learning outcome is achieved,

Assessment:

A single formative assessment task (e.g. Canvas Quiz),
A single summative assessment task (e.g. Essay),
A rubric for an assessment task,

Canvas VLE:

A particular aspect of your Canvas course (e.g. navigation, instructional guidance),
The accessibility of learning content on the Canvas course,
The range or types of learning materials put on the Canvas course,

Student Experience:

The support (or information about support) available to students,
The overall student experience of the module.