FOCI - Forum on Curricular Issues

30/10/2022

NEXT FOCI EVENT:
BALANCING THE SCALES: BULDING A CURRICULUM TEAM FOR A SUCCESSFUL CURRICULUM
9am to 5pm Friday 16th December & 9am to 4pm Saturday 17th December
Venue: Sabancı University School of Languages, Tuzla , Istanbul

To register and further information:
https://focionline.wordpress.com/

For over ten years now, every six months we have come together as representatives of curriculum teams in different universities and discussed a wide range of issues, but maybe we have not yet examined ourselves closely enough! This time the focus will be turned on us- the curriculum developers: Who are we? How do we operate in our own institutions? How do we find the right equilibrium?

There seems to be a wide variety of different contexts: some institutions have established teams devoted to curriculum development (sometimes integrating assessment too); in some institutions this responsibility may fall on just one person and may not be that person’s only responsibility; some universities might wish to set up such a team.

How do we create the “ideal team”? What should be the actual roles and responsibilities of this Team? How do we balance this against the work of other stakeholders?

How should its members be chosen and what training do they need? How should it operate in practice and how do we achieve a harmonious working relationship within the team and with others in the institution?

This FOCI event will be an opportunity for participants to share their experience of, and discuss ideas related to these issues. The intention is that participants will come away with some concrete ideas of how to set up and how to ensure the smooth operation of a curriculum team.

Welcome to the FOCI website

25/10/2022

NEXT FOCI EVENT:
BALANCING THE SCALES: BUILDING A CURRICULUM TEAM FOR A SUCCESSFUL CURRICULUM
9am to 5pm Friday 16th December & 9am to 4pm Saturday 17th December 2022
Venue: Sabancı University School of Languages, İstanbul.

For information and to register: https://focionline.wordpress.com/

For over ten years now, every six months we have come together as representatives of curriculum teams in different universities and discussed a wide range of issues, but maybe we have not yet examined ourselves closely enough! This time the focus will be turned on us- the curriculum developers: Who are we? How do we operate in our own institutions? How do we find the right equilibrium?
There seems to be a wide variety of different contexts: some institutions have established teams devoted to curriculum development (sometimes integrating assessment too); in some institutions this responsibility may fall on just one person and may not be that person’s only responsibility; some universities might wish to set up such a team.
How do we create the “ideal team”? What should be the actual roles and responsibilities of this Team? How do we balance this against the work of other stakeholders?
How should its members be chosen and what training do they need? How should it operate in practice and how do we achieve a harmonious working relationship within the team and with others in the institution?
This FOCI event will be an opportunity for participants to share their experience of, and discuss ideas related to these issues. The intention is that participants will come away with some concrete ideas of how to set up and how to ensure the smooth operation of a curriculum team.

Welcome to the FOCI website

11/12/2021

Many thanks to our facilitators and all the participants at todays first online FOCI event! The focus group reports will be on the website soon.

28/10/2021

FOCI XXI Online event 9:30am – 5pm Saturday 11th December 2021
(Online via Zoom)
Theme: Whither the Curriculum?
It is a full two years since FOCI last got together in Izmir University of Economics in December 2019 and since then the situation in which we as curriculum developers have been working has changed beyond recognition. Many of us will have attended workshops and developmental sessions focusing on the methodological and technological implications of our new teaching environments, but maybe it is high time we meet again in the context of a FOCI event, if only remotely, to share our experiences to discuss the current state of the curricular development in our context.
What changes have happened to our curricula as a result of online and hybrid education? What about work of the curriculum team – how has that been affected? What have been the experiences of different institutions? Where do we go from here?
This FOCI event will be an opportunity for participants to share their experience of, and discuss ideas related to these issues. The intention is that participants will come away with some concrete ideas of how to set up and how to ensure the smooth operation of a curriculum team.
For more details and to register visit https://focionline.wordpress.com/

28/05/2020

It was exactly 10 years ago today that the first FOCI was held. Unfortunately we cannot have the celebration we had planned for next week, but we hope to see you all again and celebrate 10 years of FOCI soon...

23/12/2019

01/06/2019

Presentations and other information about the FOCI evet at Istanbul Aydın University last month are up on the website. Videos of the presentations to follow soon..

  9am to 5pm Thursday 9th May & 9am- 4pm Friday 10th May, 2019 Theme: Realistic Curriculum Goals: Where are we now and where do we want to be? Although maybe each institution may have a d…

28/05/2019

9th / 10th May 2019

28/05/2019

Yaşar University School of Foreign Languages is offering its 10th TESOL certificate course in partnership with the School for International Training (SIT) Graduate Institute based in the U.S.A. between the dates of July 15 and August 9, 2019. Details of the course and scholarships can be found at this link:

22/02/2019

Registration is open for the next FOCI event at Istanbul Aydin University 9th 10th May 2019. The deadline is Friday 8th March:

Realistic Curriculum Goals: Where are we now and where do we want to be?

FOCI-XVIII @ EGE UNIVERSITY, İZMİR 9am to 5pm Thursday 6th & 9am- 4pm Friday 7th December, 2018 Venue: Yabancı Diller Yüksekokulu, Ege Universitesi Kampüs, Bornova – İzmir Theme: Assessme…

15/01/2019

The presentations from the FOCI event at Ege University are now available on the FOCI website. See you at the next event at Istanbul Aydin University 10th & 11th May (registration will be announced soon)

Theme: Assessment from a Curriculum Developer’s Perspective: the Who? What? When? and Why? Having created the best possible curriculum to meet the needs of our students, how can we, as curriculum d…

17/12/2018

6th 7th Dec 2018