Design an Improved Curriculum

For this assignment I have chosen to design an improved curriculum for a Level 3 Unit for National Diploma Travel & Tourism students. The unit, Long Haul Travel Destinations, has been delivered by another tutor for the last 4 years. I believe this unit should motivate the students to want to learn more about some of the exciting and varied Long Haul destinations around the globe, particularly those who may not have travelled to destinations outside of the UK or Europe. Currently, it is delivered in such a manner where the use of IT is not encouraged, apart from what the learner may use for research. This is due to the fact that the current tutor lacks in confidence and experience in IT. I feel this is why the learners find it a dull unit and are often late submitting work and produce the minimum amount of work to achieve a pass in the unit. I feel there is an opportunity with this unit to create some passion in the learners to learn about and eventually have the desire to travel to far-flung destinations, that maybe they would not have been aware of prior to studying this unit. Therefore I have redesigned the curriculum to include some exciting and innovative uses of IT, which will hopefully be inspirational for the group of learners and also improve the process of facilitating learning and marking the student work for the tutor. The Scheme of Work (Appendix 1) is designed to be delivered over 10-12 weeks, most of our units are delivered in a double session over one term. At Level 3 the learners are not just expected to research and present facts and information on long haul destinations but are also required to look at the factors that affect customer choice, and also evaluate how destinations can capitalise on facilities and features to influence and improve future development. These optional parts of the unit, that allow us to differentiate between learners of different abilities; will allow the them to achieve merit and distinction. This should