New approaches to visualising, sharing and guiding design

Overview of Cloudworks A social networking site

for sharing designs

Gráinne Conole, The Open University UK JISC Online conference

November 2008

CloudworksFind and share designs

Web 2.0 principles: tagging, profiles, user generated

Clouds

Stormclouds

Resourcebank

Tools

People

Clouds

StormcloudsLearning and

teaching problems

Forum for shared debate

Exchange of ideas and tips

User details

Evolvingnetwork

Dynamic list of inputs

Tagging

Why is it useful?Means of eliciting design - common language/

understanding of learning activities

Sharing/reuse of designs not just content

Provides guidance on the design process

Makes process more explicit, aids reflection

Creates an audit trail

Highlights policy implications

Guides learner through activities sequences

Further information• OU Learning design initiative

• http://ouldi.open.ac.uk

• Visualizing design - CompendiumLD

• http://compendiumld.open.ac.uk

• Paul Clark - slidecast on using CompendiumLD

• http://www.slideshare.net/PerryW/using-compendiumld-to-design-a-learning-activity-435001/

• Sharing designs - Cloudworks

• http://cloudworks.open.ac.uk