Research
Research projects have included work on POISE, DiAL-e, SOLE Model, 3V model, the 8 Stage Learning Development Framework (8-SLDF), and educational taxonomies. Most of this work is open access.
Consultancy
Supportive interventions in the form of participation in academic boards, undertaking strategic reviews, providing face-to-face or online workshops for professional development, and learning design.
Development
Professional development has been at the core of my strategic engagements with institutions, and I am thrilled to be able to share some of these things in my writing, academic posters and stand-alone courses.
Why is it important to have a learning design team focused on the future?
The Challenge of Course Design All learning designers are essentially futurists. This is because the student who embarks on your designed course will not develop the skills and attributes you anticipated until they have completed it. If your course is part of a multi-year degree, you need to be thinking about a future that might…
When is AR/VR in learning design worth the investment?
What skills are we trying to develop? The 8-Stage Learning Design Framework (8-SLDF) dictates that Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) design choices are not based on the technology’s novelty, but on a “constructive alignment” between the learner’s needs and the professional skills being developed. Here, we will evaluate the potential effectiveness of AR/VR…
Still Searching for the Virtual Class: Where are we at with AR/VR?
In 1995, Tiffin and Rajasingham envisaged… ‘Shirley zips into her skin-tight school uniform, which on the outside looks something like a ski suit. The lining of the suit in fact contains cabling that makes the suit a communication system and there are pressure pads where the suit touches skin that give a sense of touch.…
Circular Visualisations of Taxonomies for Learning Designers.
This week’s Substack resource for paid subscribers includes six PNG’s that reflect the work I’ve been doing for over a decade on educational taxonomies for educational outcomes. Each of these taxonomies is standalone, although I advocate that any sound course and programme design would incorporate all five domains of learning. Priority is being given to…
