Curriculum Design Student Panel
The Curriculum Design Student Panel (CDSP) is managed by the Learning Design Team at the OU. It allows students to give feedback on draft module content and topics related to curriculum design, ensuring that their perspectives are considered by staff working on designing and developing new modules and teaching materials.
This student voice initiative aims to benefit OU students by enhancing new module materials. This is particularly important when adapting to change, such as when incorporating new tools and technology, and providing a suitable range of activities to support students’ learning and skills development.
If you join this panel, you will take part through a website called We-Learn. This has the same look, feel, and navigation as an OU module website. You can also access the site through the OU Study app.
I thoroughly enjoyed participating in the forum - especially in the QOTM [Question of the Month]. I also learned a lot, especially about thinking from others' POV [point of view] at times. I felt I was able to voice my opinion and it would actually be heard and acted upon.
Please note this video is now a couple of years old so some people no longer have the same title. The current Students Association leadership can be seen on their website.
Why We Do It
Partnerships with students in curriculum development give the OU the chance to co-create and co-design engaging learning and teaching experiences with them. For students it provides the opportunity to have a direct impact on early development work and to experience professional engagement with a large institution, which may be used as evidence of collaborative professional experience in portfolios, job applications or continuing professional development.
Activities
All panel activities are optional so you can take part in as many or as few as you like. There are three categories of panel activity:
I would highly recommend to any student considering taking part, to do so as I feel I have developed a myriad of skills through participation in the activities. I think I better understand the importance of reviewing my learning and making the time to do so. When applying this skill to my studies I found it provided clarity in respect of my own strengths and weaknesses. I believe this helped me to be better prepared for assignments and make fewer mistakes.
All activities, except forum discussions, include a survey to capture your feedback in a format that can be anonymised and analysed quickly and easily, preventing any delays in putting your feedback in front of decision-makers. Some activities are built as a longer survey to explore ideas and experiences in more depth, while others provide draft content or access to interactive tools for you to try out ahead of completing the survey. Some small-group activities include a live online session, a focus group, or an interview. Details of what these involve are provided in individual activity introductions so you can make an informed decision about whether or not to take part.
Feedback from past activities, examples of the topics explored through this panel, can be found on the CDSP How You’ve Helped page.
Latest Opportunities
Have Your Say Day
At home / online
Sign up to the Student Voice mailing list
At home / online
