Dr Simon Paul Atkinson (PFHEA)
Enhancing Institutional Outcomes
“If you managed to cover the absences of staff successfully last semester, are you maybe just over staffed?” If you managed to move all of your learning in a frantic fortnight with minimal support, well “how hard can it be, and do you really need all of that expensive support?” There is a danger of …
Continue reading “‘Resilience’: the latest hyped up term being applied to education.”
Let’s talk about the skills required of learning designers, or instructional designers. Context makes all the difference. Learning design in a face-to-face University context looks very different from an online instructional designer working in a government department or commercial enterprise. Roles using generic job titles can differ significantly. There are learning designers who guide academics …