Accreditation! The responsive curriculum game is made available through JISC under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike.

Accreditation! The responsive curriculum game is made available through JISC under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike licence

STRATEGIC APPROVAL


Your market research is queried by the planning team and you need to revisit the evidence you collected.

1

OPTION 1

Just rewrite the research to make it clearer

OPTION 2

Go back and consult further+ 6

0

0


STRATEGIC APPROVAL


The DVC notices similarities with provision in another faculty and asks you to consult with them in more detail. Stay where you are.

1

OPTION 1

Spend time negotiating a synergistic melding of your courses

OPTION 2

Spend an afternoon writing a clear explanation of how the courses differ and couldn't be combined

+ 60

0


STRATEGIC APPROVAL


You've missed the deadline for Faculty Management to look at your proposal this term.

0

OPTION 1

Wait for the next meeting

OPTION 2

Talk sweetly to the group Chair and persuade them to take Chair's action

+ 2- 4

0


STRATEGIC APPROVAL


This course has been running successfully for years, with excellent performance indicators, and this is a regular review.

1

OPTION 1

Make no changes to the documentation whatsoever

OPTION 2

Use as an opportunity to review and update the course anyway

0+ 8

0


STRATEGIC APPROVAL


The course is due for six yearly review, but there are imminent retirements on the team.

0

OPTION 1

Request an extension

OPTION 2

Push through a review as soon as possible + 2- 4

1


STRATEGIC APPROVAL


You can’t work out how to offer a combined honours option for the programme.

1

OPTION 1

Drop the idea of a combined honours option

OPTION 2

Spend time with colleagues revisiting this idea from scratch to come up with an effective solution

0+ 6

0


STRATEGIC APPROVAL


The programme will be run with a partner but they are dragging their heels over the Collaborative Partnership agreement.

1

OPTION 1

Impose a cut-and-paste solution from a previous contract

OPTION 2

Put aside time to negotiate a contract which combines the skills and expertise of both partners effectively

0+ 4

0


STRATEGIC APPROVAL


The VC suggested this programme.

2

OPTION 1

Put together any old rubbish knowing that it will get approved

OPTION 2

Aim to make this programme as good as it possibly can be

0+ 6

0


STRATEGIC APPROVAL


Faculty Management says that you must have an intake of 120 compared to the current 90, with no extra staff.

0

OPTION 1

Write an impassioned response, detailing why this is not a feasible solution

OPTION 2

Live with it

- 2- 4

0


STRATEGIC APPROVAL


You already have strong support from the relevant Professional Body.

1

OPTION 1

Pat yourself on the back

OPTION 2

Make weekly contact with them to appraise them of progress

0+ 4

1


STRATEGIC APPROVAL


You will need a considerable additional resource in the library to run this programme as you want it. This isn’t available and there is no budget.

1

OPTION 1

Compromise on the resource

OPTION 2

Produce a plan showing how it will be funded from additional fee income

0+ 6

0


STRATEGIC APPROVAL


Your Dean has her ear bent by some industry executives about the lack of courses in a particular area, so calls you in. There’s no extra time for this, and it has to be up and running in six months.

1

OPTION 1

Accept the challenge as it is

OPTION 2

Negotiate a longer deadline + 4+ 12

-1


STRATEGIC APPROVAL


You meet up with some colleagues from another department in the local after-hours ‘common room’ and discover that you are running similar courses in the two disciplines.

0

OPTION 1

See if you can combine them into one cross-disciplinary programme to allow students to benefit from the synergies

OPTION 2

Decide that the differences are too great to be addressed

+ 20

1


STRATEGIC APPROVAL


Faculty Management says that you must have an intake of 120 compared to the current 90, and you can have one extra member of staff when the first students start.

0

OPTION 1

Accept this

OPTION 2

Complain like mad and dig your heels in - 4+ 8

0


STRATEGIC APPROVAL


You are asked to engage with learning and teaching specialists to support the strategic course design.

0

OPTION 1

Make an appointment straight away

OPTION 2

Don't bother, but say that you did + 40

1


STRATEGIC APPROVAL


You discover that the institutional infrastructure is not available to support your fully online distance course.

1

OPTION 1

Redevelop the course as a traditional face-to-face offering

OPTION 2

Negotiate with service providers across the institution to see what solutions can be reached

- 4- 2

0


STRATEGIC APPROVAL


The library has no budget to purchase all the new books required for your course.

1

OPTION 1

Prepare to write all the materials yourself

OPTION 2

Prepare to use a more limited selection of books supported by online resources

- 2- 8

0


STRATEGIC APPROVAL


Your NSS results are in the bottom decile for the subject nationally (this isn’t good) and Faculty Management has decided that the course needs a major review.

0

OPTION 1

Embrace the opportunity for thorough review

OPTION 2

Do as little as possible to make it go away as quickly as possible

+ 8+ 2

1


STRATEGIC APPROVAL


The professional body that approves your course has discovered e-learning and wants all of your courses to contain a significant element of it so that more students can do the course part-time.

1

OPTION 1

Start the process, but expect them to move on to another fad soon

OPTION 2

Embrace the opportunity for thorough review + 2+ 6

0


STRATEGIC APPROVAL


Student evaluation gives you a great idea for development but you've missed this year's strategic deadline. You'll have to wait a year.

1

OPTION 1

Fit in with the institutional schedule and wait

OPTION 2

Pester the Dean to make an exception + 8- 8

0

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