Session 1A | Presenting on the uniquely reimagined Temporary Works Msc programme

Miranda Melcher, Dom Pates and Thomas Hanley

This talk will cover the design and development of a postgraduate civil engineering programme in the School of Science and Technology. The development of MSc Temporary Works was innovative as it was co-designed by LEaD and the programme academics.

MSc Temporary Works ran in blended mode for several years. The programme’s academic team decided to change the delivery mode to fully online to provide a more flexible student experience. LEaD and the academic team worked collaboratively over the last two years to re-design this MSc which became the School’s first fully online master’s degree. This project also served as a pilot for a university-wide Digital Learning Design service currently being developed by LEaD.

The collaboration between LEaD and the academic team has resulted in several innovations, from the approach to learning design and the development of online modules to the creation of a new video recording facility and the piloting of a hybrid field trip. The programme has also seen extensive collaboration with the Engineering profession as it has a high number of visiting lecturers who are industry experts. The focus throughout the design of the programme’s modules has been on the student experience, facilitating through the learning design approach.


The talk will cover the learning design process, development of the Moodle modules and the delivery of teaching. It will also cover how LEaD worked with academics and how feedback from students informed the development of the programme. We will discuss the importance of thinking through the student journey in terms of assessment design, Moodle module set-up, and briefing visiting lecturers. The challenges and opportunities of creating an entirely online programme for a very practical subject area will also be considered. These challenges included delivering a hybrid field trip to an aquifer in Durham, available live to students outside the UK.

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