Assignment - Developing, Using and Organising Resources within a Specialist Area

There are five learning outcomes to this unit:

1. Understand the purpose and use of resources

2. Be able to develop and use inclusive resources

3. Understand how to organise and enable access to resources

4. Understand legal requirements and responsibilities relating to the development and use of resources

5. Understand how to evaluate own practice in relation to development and use of resources

Each learning outcome contains assessment criteria against which the candidate will be assessed. For more information on the unit outline and assessment criteria please refer to the qualification handbook.

Task A

Resource Project
Funding has been allocated to review and develop resources within your specialist area.

You have been asked to lead on this project and produce a report.

You have decided to review your current resources and:

a) explain the purpose of resources in teaching and learning

b) evaluate the effectiveness of specific resources in meeting individual learning needs in teaching and learning contexts.

The outcome of the review is that new resources are required. In order to design appropriate resources, your report needs to include:

c) an analysis of the principles of resource design

d) an evaluation of sources that inform resource development

e) an analysis of how theories, principles and models of inclusive curriculum design can be used to inform resource development.

Using the report findings:

f) design resources, including those that involve new and emerging technologies, to engage and meet the individual needs of learners

g) employ resources to engage and meet the individual needs of learners

The evidence for f) and g) will be located in the teaching portfolio of evidence which us Task C.

Having designed and used your resources with learners conclude your report by:

h) analysing ways in which resources can be adapted to enable an inclusive approach.

Your report should be presented in a professional written format of your choice and include evidence of your research with references. This includes linking research coherently to your writing and using referencing, such as a bibliography, citing and quotes.

Task B

Information Booklet

As part of the project, you are required to produce an information booklet in which you:

a) explain ways in which resources can be classified and stored

b) review ways of sharing resources with other learning professionals

c) review legal requirements and responsibilities relating to the development and use of resources

d) analyse the implications of intellectual property rights and copyright for the development and use of resources.

Your information booklet should be presented in a professional written format of your choice and include evidence of your research with references. This includes linking research coherently to your writing and using referencing, such as a bibliography, citing and quotes.

Task C

Portfolio of Teaching Evidence ( do not answer task C, only copy how it is)
In your teaching portfolio, provide evidence that you have:

a) designed resources, including those that involve new and emerging technologies, to engage and meet the individual needs of learners in your specialist area

b) employed resources to engage and meet the individual needs of learners in your specialist area.

Task D

Reflective Account and Plan
Provide a reflective account in which you:

a) evaluate the effectiveness of own practice in relation to development and use of resources to engage and meet the individual needs of learners in own specialist area

b) identify own strengths and areas for improvement in relation to development and use of resources in own specialist area

c) Produce a plan which identifies opportunities to improve your own skills in the development and use of resources.

Your reflective account and plan may be presented in any written format of your choice.