Stage 3 - Design

Design is intelligence made visible - Alina Wheeler

Time to brainstorm

Concept map

Build a concept map of your learning materials aligning with the MVS profiles.

The aligned MVS profile can help you cristalize the learning objectives using MVS taxonomy.

Each MVS profile defines a list of technical and soft skills required for the profile. Think on how to incorporate both aspects in your learning materials.

Go to MVS profiles catalogue

Structure is everything

Create an intuitive logical organisation of all learning materials.
The goal is for other people to easily reuse a single item (plan, activity, unit, assessment, ...).
Use a hierarchical structure to combine learning units into larger compositions.

How to organise the files

The diagram shows how to organise all files in folders and subfolders. Click on the links to discover and use pre-prepared templates.

graph LR
  r[root] --> res;
  r --> rm[<a href='https://www.makeareadme.com/'>README</a>];
  r --> l[<a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.txt'>LICENSE</a>];
  r --> c[<a href='https://citation-file-format.github.io/'>CITATION.cff</a>];
  r --> misc[opt miscellaneous files];

  res[resources] --> att[attachments];
  att --> mf[multimedia files];
  res --> f[Feedback];
  f --> fq[<b>Survey</b><br><a href='https://github.com/FAIR-by-Design-Methodology/templates/blob/main/resources/Feedback/training_feedback_template.md'>Git MD Format</a><br><a href='https://github.com/FAIR-by-Design-Methodology/microlearning/blob/main/resources/attachments/Root/feedback/Training%20Evaluation%20Form.docx'>Office format</a>];
  res --> s1[opt 01 Section Name];
  res --> s[<b>Syllabus</b><br><a href='https://github.com/FAIR-by-Design-Methodology/templates/blob/main/resources/syllabus.md'>Git MD format</a><br><a href='https://github.com/FAIR-by-Design-Methodology/microlearning/blob/main/resources/attachments/Root/syllabus.docx'>Office format</a>];
  res --> fg[<b>Facilitator Guide</b> <br> <a href='https://github.com/FAIR-by-Design-Methodology/templates/blob/main/resources/template_facilitator_guide.md'>Git MD format</a><br><a href='https://github.com/FAIR-by-Design-Methodology/microlearning/blob/main/resources/attachments/Root/Training%20Facilitator%20Guide.docx'>Office format</a>];

  s1 --> m1[opt 01 Module Name];
  m1 --> lu1[01 Learning Unit Name];
  m1 --> lux[...];
  m1 --> luN[N Learning Unit Name];

  lu1 --> act[Activities];
  lu1 --> ass[Assessment];
  lu1 --> at[attachments];
  at --> mff[multimedia files];
  lu1 --> lc[<b>Learning Content</b><br><a href='https://github.com/FAIR-by-Design-Methodology/templates/blob/main/resources/Learning%20Unit/template_content.md'>Git MD format</a><br><a href='https://github.com/FAIR-by-Design-Methodology/microlearning/blob/main/resources/attachments/Root/XX%20module%20name/Module%20Name_notes.docx'>Office format</a>];
  lu1 --> sd[<a href='https://github.com/FAIR-by-Design-Methodology/templates/blob/main/resources/Learning%20Unit/Learning_unit_content.pptx'>Slide Deck</a>];
  lu1 --> lp[<b>Learning Unit Plan</b><br><a href='https://github.com/FAIR-by-Design-Methodology/templates/blob/main/resources/Learning%20Unit/template_unit_lesson_plan.md'>Git MD format</a><br><a href='https://github.com/FAIR-by-Design-Methodology/microlearning/blob/main/resources/attachments/Root/XX%20module%20name/Module%20Plan.docx'>Office format</a>];

  act --> a1[<b>01 activity desc</b><br><a href='https://github.com/FAIR-by-Design-Methodology/templates/blob/main/resources/Learning%20Unit/Activities/activity_details_template.md'>Git MD format</a><br><a href='https://github.com/FAIR-by-Design-Methodology/microlearning/blob/main/resources/attachments/Root/XX%20module%20name/activities/Activity%20Name_description.docx'>Office format</a>];
  act --> ax[...];
  act --> aK[<b>K activity desc</b><br><a href='https://github.com/FAIR-by-Design-Methodology/templates/blob/main/resources/Learning%20Unit/Activities/activity_details_template.md'>Git MD format</a><br><a href='https://github.com/FAIR-by-Design-Methodology/microlearning/blob/main/resources/attachments/Root/XX%20module%20name/activities/Activity%20Name_description.docx'>Office format</a>];

  ass --> qb[<b>Questions</b><br><a href='https://github.com/FAIR-by-Design-Methodology/templates/blob/main/resources/Learning%20Unit/Assessment/assessment_template.md'>Git MD format</a><br><a href='https://github.com/FAIR-by-Design-Methodology/microlearning/blob/main/resources/attachments/Root/XX%20module%20name/assessment/quiz_gift_template.txt'>Office format</a>];
  ass --> st[<a href='https://github.com/FAIR-by-Design-Methodology/templates/blob/main/resources/Learning%20Unit/Assessment/assessment_template.md'>opt strategy</a>];

Syllabus is ready

You should by now have the first draft of your syllabus. It contains all the fields from the RDA min metadata set plus the high level topics covered by the learning material.

Available feedback form

The feedback form template is ready to be used as is. All you need to do is change the name of the training. It should be shared with training participants after the training, to gather quantitative and qualitative feedback.

Available facilitation guide kit

The facilitation guide should help prepare for the actual training. If you don't want to develop your own, use something that is already available such as the TRIPLE project TRAINING TOOLKIT.

Don't worry, we got you covered with templates

All templates are readily available for use in the specialised templates repository. See the detailed training on how to use it step by step.

What about instructor notes?

Need to be detailed enough so that anyone can reuse the slides properly. Don't put them in the slide deck. This is what the learning content file is for.

Stage 3 - Design

Time to brainstorm

Concept map

Structure is everything

How to develop the learning content