Elements of a curriculum Component the building blocks

Elements of a curriculum Component: • the building blocks of the curriculum - a Component has a set of Intended Learning Outcomes and is delivered by Activities within a Unit-of-Time. • Example: Module Unit-of-Time: • any part of a hierarchical subdivision of the Component delivery time within the Programme. • Example: Year, Semester, Block Activity: • any teaching and learning activity which delivers Components of the Programme and has Intended Learning Outcomes. • Example: Lecture, Clinical Skills (lab and clinical workplace), Case Clinical Situation / Presentation: • a clinical condition or symptom that will be encountered during Activities. • Example: Acne, Dementia Intended Learning Outcome (ILO): • an item of assessable knowledge, skills or behaviour acquired during the Programme. • Example: To demonstrate knowledge of pain pathways, receptors and the neurotransmitters involved in differentiating between chronic pain and acute pain

Connections between the elements The underpinning model confers adaptability : • multiple starting points and routes through the curriculum; • multiple taxonomies for tagging Components, Activities and ILOs; • multiple ways to find, collect and report.

Curriculum Mapping Process Tim Cappelli

Stages of Mapping • Stage 1 - Harvest, Collate and Review elements • Stage 2 – Framing and Preparation • Stage 3 – Mapping and Tagging • Stage 4 – Review Coverage • Stage 5 – Approve and publish

Tips • Preparation is Key: • • Your curriculum elements written and reviewed Components and Activities ILOS listed and imported A schematic of your curriculum A Controlled process • Start with the ’Knowns’ (usually Component to Activities) • Then do the ’Unknowns’ (ILOs to ILOs and Taxonomies) • Delegate but track and review progress • Project Management • Academic ‘buy-in’

Contact • Jacqueline. pass@manchester. ac. uk • Tim. cappelli@manchester. ac. uk