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Supporting Responsive Curricula (SRC)

Piloting agile, demand-oriented curriculum design processes that promote flexible delivery & enhance learner employability

SRC is funded by the JISC’s 05/08 Curriculum Design Programme.

Executive Sponsor: Prof Kevin Bonnett, DVC Student Experience

Principal Investigator: Prof Mark Stubbs, Head of Learning & Research Tech

Project Manager: Peter Bird

http://www.celt.mmu.ac.uk/src

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SRC Benchmarking: Curriculum Design & Approval

Whether approving new…

… or making minor modifications,

we found robust but cumbersome

paper-intensive processes, oriented

towards whole programmes/awards

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SRC Benchmarking: Responsiveness

listening +

acting in

time

listening +

acting in

time

operating in dialogue mode

operating in dialogue mode

re-balancing ongoing enhancement and up-front approval

re-balancing ongoing enhancement and up-front approval

developing

agile, joined-up,

single-truth

systems

developing

agile, joined-up,

single-truth

systems

assembling

creditassembling

credit

empowering staff, students & employers

empowering staff, students & employersworking across

ownership

boundaries

working across

ownership

boundariesbuilding on

success:

open professional

progs, prof body

accreditations,

employer courses

…

building on

success:

open professional

progs, prof body

accreditations,

employer courses

…

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SRC: Good news!

We will… Embed core and professional skills Accredit employability skills Prepare our graduates to manage their own personal development Develop responsive curricula …