Activity: (estimated timing 35 min).

In this three part activity you will be developing a vision statement for your course, reflecting on how your course design will represent this vision statement and sharing your statement and reflections with other course participants in the forum.

1. Identify your vision words

For the first part of this activity you will be using an interactive Vision Statement Tool  that is accessible for English and Chinese language speakers that was created by the Open University. It was designed to stimulate design conversations, and generate a vision statement that will guide design thinking.

1. Open the vision statement tool in a new window on your device.
2. Follow the on screen instructions for stages 1-3 to decide on three words you would most like an imaginary student to use to describe the course being designed, when that student has completed studying it.

2. Turn your words into a vision statement:

Scenario: Imagine a student has finished studying your course and now wants to share their experience with friends or family. The student has put together a brief social media style post (for example a tweet, status update, caption to an image or video) which summarises their experience and what they got out of their time studying.

Task: Create a written social media style post which incorporates the three words you have chosen.

• It should be no longer than three sentences.
• You do not need to post this on social media.
• You will be sharing your vision statement in this forum but not until you have completed the next reflective section of this activity.

Now you will have a new vision statement which outlines what you hope students will achieve and feel after completing your course. Congratulations!

3. Reflecting on your vision statement:

Reflect on the questions below and capture your reflections. You will be sharing these along with your vision statement in this forum. Your answers don't need to be in full sentences so long as they communicate your ideas clearly.

• What implications does your vision statement have for your course design plans?
• How will you design your course to encourage your students to describe it in this way?

Completing this activity:

This activity will be marked as complete when you have replied to this post with your social media style vision statement and answers to the reflective questions to the forum.

Once you have done this you can read through the vision statements shared by other participants. You can reply if you wish but this isn't required to complete this task.