by admin_tony | Nov 28, 2022 | inclusivity
Autism is ‘a diverse and mystifying condition’ (National Autism Society), where people live in their own world and communication is almost impossible. Learners with autism experience difficulty with imagination, may be resistant to change, have sensory difficulties or...
by admin_tony | Nov 21, 2022 | curriculum
At some point in our lives, most of us will have had to write an essay. And many of us will have left that essay until the last minute. This situation is the product of poor learning design. It’s not that there’s anything wrong with an essay, it’s...
by admin_tony | Nov 5, 2022 | community
‘ … offering students the opportunity to work in groups on projects or development, without also attending to process, has created a vacuum of responsibility’ (Brockbank and McGill, 1998.) Teach teamwork Teamwork needs teaching. No question. Leave learners to get on...
by admin_tony | Oct 30, 2022 | curriculum
Piers Steel is an expert in procrastination at the University of Calgary. In an interview on the BBC’s One to One programme, Steel comments that by tracing our social media activity, international corporations now know more about us than our closest...
by admin_tony | Oct 24, 2022 | curriculum
Writing aims, learning outcomes and assessment criteria can seem onerous. However, it’s well worth spending time to get them as you want them. In this post, Ding’s Dr. Nicholas Houghton explains the differences between these three key pillars of learning design....
