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Curriculum Mapping

Implementation Tools and Resources

The process of curriculum mapping affords faculty members a long-range overview of the skills and knowledge that is to be developed by the courses of a department. The end product is often revealing in that faculty members might uncover a discontinuity in skills thought to be acquired by other courses, but may in reality are not.

Curriculum Mapping Tools for:

UDLE Resources on the Web

Council of Ontario Universities: www.cou.on.ca

https://www.queensu.ca/ctl/goodpractice/curriculumdevelopment/curriculum/guidelines.html

http://ocav.uwaterloo.ca/

http://degree-expectations.apps01.yorku.ca/wordpress/

UDLEs: Building Capacity and Momentum

Planning for Change

Use the following trigger questions to help curriculum development using the UDLEs. (based on the model from Kotter, J.P. (1996). Leading Change. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.)

Planning for Change	Consider this...
Establish a sense of urgency	How might you create a sense of the importance and immediacy of incorporating the UDLEs in curriculum planning?
Create a guiding coalition	What mix of skills, influence, interest, etc. might you draw on to help you move forward? Which individuals and offices have the expertise and the commitment necessary to advance this initiative?
Develop a vision and strategy	What vision and strategy might you articulate to guide the curriculum change process? What specific mandate, time-line, and resources might you give to the guiding coalition?
Communicate the change vision	What communication strategy and processes might you use and who might you identify to help you communicate the vision and strategy consistently and effectively?
Empower for broad-based action	What might you do to help members of the guiding coalition to eliminate barriers, such as resistance, in instituting a curriculum change process?
Generate short-term wins	What short term deliverables (e.g. pilot project) might you and your team identify? How might those who contribute to the curricular change process be supported and recognized?
Consolidate gains, produce more change	What process reporting mechanisms might you put in place? What strategies might you use to embed the curriculum change processes throughout the institution?
Anchor new approaches in the culture	How might you reinforce the changes? For example, what structural adjustments (position changes, recruitment of new change leaders, promotions, etc?) might be necessary? What connections might you make between the changes made and measures of institutional success (e.g. NSSE)? How can you continue to build capacity for sustaining/revisiting the curriculum change processes?

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