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Workshops for Educators and Design Teams
Designed to explore one or more dimensions of the 8-Stage Learning Design Framework, this comprehensive step-by-step process ensures programmes and courses are constructively aligned and meet both institutional QA/QE requirements and the needs of future students. Individual elements of the 8SLDF can be explored in depth as standalone teaching enhancement sessions.
- Please be aware that there may be up to an hour of preparatory work to collect relevant documentation to bring to the workshop.
- Costs include:
- workshop workbook, guidance notes and ancillary materials
- A1 or A2 learning design posters (rolled) where appropriate
- recordings of online sessions
Who are the workshops for? Designed to support all academics, tutors and designers working in higher or professional learning contexts. Suitable for all adult education contexts regardless of discipline or mode of delivery. Suitable for individuals or programme or module development teams. Workshops aim to provide practitioners with tangible support, mapped onto regional or national quality assurance protocols, and to Frameworks for professional development and reflection. Each workshop is designed to allow participants to complete one or more stages of the 8-Stage Learning Design Framework.
Format:
- Face-to-face workshops last either a full day (7 hours) or two half days (3.5 hours), allowing for work completed between them. Workshops of up to 5 consecutive days are possible.
- Online versions of workshops are scheduled around 90-minute elements using a combination of synchronous webinar interactions (via Microsoft Teams or ZOOM) and asynchronous tools (such as Padlet or Voicethread, depending on context)
- Group work requires a minimum of 4 participants.
- You will be developing your own takeaways as the workshop proceeds but you will also benefit from sharing insights with colleagues as you work through activities.
- A digital workbook is provided, as well as additional materials, so you can share your practice with colleagues back at your home institution.
Facilitator: Dr Simon Paul Atkinson is an extremely experienced workshop facilitator with over 30 years of experience in higher and professional education. He has taught on four different institutional PGCertHE programmes, developed an institutional CPD programme aligned with the HEA Fellowship, and is a Principal Fellow himself. He publishes on learning design, e-learning, and heritage education, and has held leadership roles in Academic Practice units at UK and NZ universities.