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...
by admin_tony | Feb 13, 2023 | inclusivity
The UK government spends a great deal on supporting dyslexic students in HE – and they almost certainly get value back on that money in the workplace. At the same time, many dyslexic students go unnoticed and struggle without specialist support. We have to get our...
by admin_tony | Jan 23, 2023 | technology
Some two months after the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, a LinkedIn tech editor asked how I felt about students writing essays with it. Swiftly I replied: ‘There’s a whole industry out there writing essays for students; ChatGPT will do this for them for free.’...
by admin_tony | Jan 18, 2023 | community
Learning designers are everywhere, but they’re often hiding in plain sight. Over the past 18 months, demand for learning designers has increased significantly. Companies have been hiring people who have experience of teaching and supporting learning because...
by admin_tony | Jan 3, 2023 | empathy
Few learning designers and educators will disagree with the value of learning by doing. But learning to experiment takes practice, and we mustn’t assume that learners are confident and comfortable with experimenting. As we plan a session, we learning designers...
