by admin_tony | Mar 28, 2023 | facilitation
If we can create an experience that enables learners to use their Imagination, they are more likely to achieve the learning outcomes. So when we’re designing a learning experience, it’s very important that learners can imagine the learning goal. When the...
by admin_tony | Mar 28, 2023 | facilitation
If we focus on what learners do, we’re more likely to design effective learning experiences. In 1999, Professor John Biggs published an article that had a significant impact on people’s views about teaching. Biggs invited us to consider that there are three...
by admin_tony | Mar 28, 2023 | facilitation
Working with SMEs is an integral part of being a learning designer. As Learning Designers, our role is not to be the content expert. It’s to ensure the overall learning experience is engaging, inclusive and focused on the learning outcomes. The content knowledge is...
by admin_tony | Mar 27, 2023 | inclusivity
We are trying harder than you can imagine,’ says dyspraxic teacher Kerry Pace (2015). She suggests that we – non-dyspraxics – might think about how we feel when we’re exhausted: the things we drop or spill or bump into, the overwhelming magnitude of a huge task...
by admin_tony | Mar 6, 2023 | curriculum, empathy
What are learner personas? Learner personas provide a practical way for us learning designers to focus our empathy. But why do we need to do this? The reason is to help us determine the difficulty level of a learning experience. When we begin a new learning design...
