The learner takes an interactive journey through the decision-making process. By interrogating the various players - the decision-maker and the decision influencers - the learner builds up a complete picture of the complex decision-making process. As each player offers their view, the learner records their own thoughts and votes on what they think the final decision will be. The learner's eflections are recorded at each stage and the learner receives a printable output at the end of the process documenting all the views, their reflections and the final outcome. Give it a try...

Mary's Difficult Decision Should Melvin use a condom? Should Tara use a condom? Should Vinny use a condom? What's the Problem with Ecstasy then...? Should Sarah smack her child...? Am I too old? Should Beccy have drugs and surgery ?

Each GLO can be set up from scratch by a tutor so that learners can explore and critically reflect on an ethical decision-making problem. Using a web-based pro-forma, the tutor supplies the characters; these are the decision-maker and the people who influence the decision, or the players. The programme selects icons to represent each of the players, which are grouped into three broad categories: 'Family and friends', 'health professionals' and 'other stakeholders'. Each of these players can express up to four view-points, which are ranked according to how closely they are in accord with the default position. The decision-maker also has a response for each of these views. This results in a rich learning object with randomised multiple paths through it; each learner will take a different pathway and record a different set of reflections.

UCeL authorised tutors can Log in here to create and edit their own decision making GLOs. If you'd like access to this facility, contact the UCeL hub team