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A checklist to evaluate resources, both open and proprietary.

Ideas for CPD Interventions
A good CPD exercise would be to apply the criteria to a new teaching and learning resource.

This resource provides a particularly good introduction to diverse ways of offering blended learning. It does have a specific South African contextual background but unpacks the mode effectively enough so that it can be used in other contexts.

Ideas for CPD Interventions
One application might be to use the diagram, ‘programme provision grid’, where the different modes and technologies are positioned on two continuums and discuss what is feasible for your local context.

A good introduction to understand what role technology must play in supporting the common modes of delivery: asynchronous, synchronous, in person with facilitator, remote learning, blended, and hybrid. Once the modes of delivery are understood then the selection of technology is easier.

Ideas for CPD Interventions
The CPD intervention might be to develop a tool, and criteria, to determine if student or staff access to technology is sufficient to support a specific mode at an institution.

This resource distinguishes between the overarching structure of a course and the structure of individual modules, units, or weekly topics. It explains the importance of making structure explicit. Although focused on online course structure, the principles described and exemplified are common across most courses. The course models what it espouses throughout the text and provides numerous examples across several disciplines. The course is very well structured itself, with numerous visuals.

Great reading, with embedded videos, that provides a process for selecting appropriate content for your course. It is very practical with lots of tips and tricks. It also makes an argument for avoiding PowerPoint.

Ideas for CPD interventions
Encourage staff to read the article and view the videos. Then encourage them to do an analysis of an existing course. How might additional content/media support both the delivery of the content and enhance understanding of course components that traditionally are done poorly by students?

This is an online 'mini course' designed to help academics create outcomes and assessments for their courses. It covers instruction on outcomes, objectives, learning modalities, and assessments. The course includes activities, links to additional resources (such as revised Bloom's taxonomy and assessment plans), and examples across various subjects and topics.

This chapter provides guidance on developing student personas, which are fictional representations of typical students in the course being designed. The multimedia chapter explains how to create these personas and presents arguments for why they are a valuable design tool.

Ideas for CPD interventions
Ask staff to develop a student persona for existing courses and then to evaluate their course to determine if the design supplies sufficient academic, technical, and logistical support.

A downloadable MS Word document which provides a profile for what the typical student entering their programme will be like.

Ideas for CPD interventions
Some of the ‘factors’ should be revised, added to or deleted by staff to suit their own context. This revised document could then be used to identify a new course, or revise a course, to cater to the audience.

This webpage provides suggestions on how to decide on a course structure, select a teaching strategy to support learning goals, and create a schedule. The guidelines present various alternatives for academics to consider, most of which are supported by references from the literature on teaching and learning. This ensures that the recommendations are authentic and will assist academics in their planning.