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ABC Learning Design and ACAD#

See also: design, abc-learning-design-explained, mapping-courses-with-abc-ld

Pondering the relationship between ABC Learning Design and ACAD.

Current thoughts#

ACAD is "an approach to understanding and improving complex learning situations" (Goodyear et al, 2021, p. 445)

ABC Learning Design is a rapid design process (collaborative and face-to-face originally) for designing the weekly sequence/collection of learning activities for a course.

ABC Learning Design uses Laurillard's learning activity types as an abstract representation with one of the common extensions being to suggest specific implementation types - these could be usefully captured/leveraged using ACAD

limitations

  • Neither explicitly deal with the challenge of adopting a more forward-oriented-design approach.
  • Nor do they provide explicit support for sharing/abstracting designs across a program - both do support sharing of artefacts, but not necessarily doing

References#

Goodyear, P., Carvalho, L., & Yeoman, P. (2021). Activity-Centred Analysis and Design (ACAD): Core purposes, distinctive qualities and current developments. Educational Technology Research and Development. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-020-09926-7