COLLABORATIVE COURSE (RE)DESIGN: ADAPTING ABC LEARNING DESIGN TO SUPPORT CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION

The COVID-19 outbreak set in motion a ripple of changes that continue three years after the pandemic has subsided. Under pressure to provide flexible education, higher education institutions called for an increase in online and blended learning offerings. This placed a burden on educators to rapidly develop new pedagogical knowledge and skills and master online course design principles. The objective of this paper is to share the results of a pilot curriculum design process, based on the ABC Learning Design method, which has been effective in helping teachers to (re)design courses quickly and collaboratively. The process consists of a series of workshops, that encourage intense collaboration with the course team to create a visual map or storyboard of the course from the learners' perspective. To support this process in our faculty, our eLearning team modified the storyboard template and developed a course profile tool designed to enhance alignment between the course team members before they start (re)designing their course. This externalizes the vision that each team member has for the course, making it easy to have an in-depth group reflection about course goals, aiming for consensus, and helping to produce a more cohesive product.