Title: Activity 1.2 - Activity Profile
Course: Learning Design and Development > Section: Topic 1: Models, frameworks and processes

Activity 1.2: Activity Profile

Aim: To consider the balance of activity types that will be included in your module/ course.

Motivation: Ensure that your course activity types and quantity are appropriate.

Task: To determine the ideal balance of the activities in your course.

Duration: 60 minutes

Tool: Discussion forum.

Resources: Activity Profile Interactive Sheet (University of Leicester, 2012)

What to do:

- Use the spreadsheet functionality to balance your activity types and time as appropriate for your course.
- Fill in the spreadsheet, indicating the time spent on each activity type, either in hours or as percentages of the whole course.

How:

- This is an individual activity.
- Establish how many hours are available for the students to engage in course activities.
- Access the Activity Profile spreadsheet template and complete the cells as indicated.
- Save your completed spreadsheet and attach it to your discussion forum contribution, providing helpful information to those viewing the post.

Feedback/Response: (peer review)

- When you have finished, have a look at the Activity Profiles developed by other participants / groups to see how the nature of their profile compares to yours.
- Provide constructive feedback on the profile activity of one of your peers by replying to their post in the discussion forum.

Assessment:

- Completing this activity will count towards your course portfolio.

Note: Adapted from the 7Cs of Learning Design toolkit University of Leicester (2012). CC BY