Author name: Dr Simon Paul Atkinson (PFHEA)

30 years as an educational strategist, academic practitioner and developer, educational developer, educational technologist, and e-learning researcher. Simon is now an Educational Strategic Consultant. An experienced presenter and workshop facilitator. Previous roles include Head of Learning Design at the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning (BPP University), Academic Developer (London School of Economics), Director of Teaching and Learning (Massey University - College of Education), Head of Centre for Learning Development (University of Hull), Academic Developer (Open University UK)

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Designing Pathways: which way to innovation?

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We need to continue to move away from seeing tertiary education as the imparting knowledge and see it rather as […]

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The student is at the centre of the educational process (Interview)

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I have been rather busy of late, so this is a rather delayed post from an interview done in June

Academic Practice

Approaching learning and teaching from different perspectives

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This presentation was prepared in the first months of the Covid pandemic to argue that educational designers would be vital

Academic Practice

How to engage and support students online

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Academic Practice, Academic Professional Development, e-learning, Higher Education, Learning Design, Tertiary Education

How to Engage and Support Students Online: EDEN Webinar 27th April 2020

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On April 27th I had the pleasure of sharing a virtual platform with Alan Tait (Open University UK), hosted by

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Working with Notional Study Hours (NSH) or “How much is enough?”

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I believe it is important to design learning from the learners perspective. That means learning that is both relevant, meaningful

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Designing Courses: Thinking about Programming Assessments (5’52”)

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In this short video (5’52”), Simon touches on three basic principles of programming assessments. The first is that it should

Academic Practice, Academic Professional Development, Assessment, Higher Education, Learning Design, Tertiary Education

Designing Courses: Assessment for Learning (10’22”)

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  This short lecture (10’22”) presents the fundamentals of assessment for learning. Often referred to as formative assessment, I prefer

Academic Professional Development

Designing Courses: Surface, Deep and Strategic Learning (13’16”)

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This short lecture covers the essential details of deep, surface and strategic learning as described by Marton & Säljö. (1976).

Academic Professional Development, Conferences, Keynotes

Education Keynotes: Curriculum Change -2009 (8’31”)

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This excerpt (8’30”) is from the ‘wrap-up closing keynote delivered by Simon Atkinson at the Estonian e-Universities Conference held in

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Designing Courses: Assessment – First Principles (9’38”)

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In this short lecture (9’38”), Simon outlines the basic structure of sound assessment. Describing reliability, validity, and fairness in assessment

Academic Practice, Academic Professional Development, Higher Education, Teaching Practice, Tertiary Education

Teaching Enhancement Toolkit: Simple 5 Step Lesson Plan

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Lesson planning is more structured in K-12 and professional contexts than in most higher education institutions. This is disappointing because

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Teaching Enhancement Toolkit: Micro-Teaching

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While many of us cringe at the sound of our own voice and hate seeing ourselves on film, witnessing, and

Academic Practice, Higher Education, Teaching Practice, Tertiary Education

Teaching Enhancement Toolkit: In-Class Evaluation (2’18”)

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One element in any teacher’s enhancement toolkit is the evaluative comments provided to you from your students. Usually, these are

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Designing Courses: Importance of Learning Outcomes

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Course: Designing Effective Intended Learning Outcomes (August 2022) This brief video (2’07”) is a reminder of the structural support that

Academic Practice, Academic Professional Development, Constructive Alignment, e-learning, Higher Education, Learning Design, Tertiary Education

Writing Good Intended Learning Outcomes

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A brief explanation (2’22”) of the central importance of designing well-structured intended learning outcomes for courses. Five domains of learning,

Academic Practice, Academic Professional Development, e-learning, Higher Education, Learning Design, Tertiary Education

‘Just’ get your courses online…Really?

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Originally Posted to LinkedIn on Thursday 2nd April.   Change is often difficult. Actors who were adored as Vaudeville artists,

Academic Practice, Academic Professional Development, Higher Education, Learning Design, Tertiary Education

Designing Courses: co-authorship with peers and students (5’30”)

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You are not alone! If you are faced with putting an existing course online for the first time, see it

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