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...
by admin_tony | Dec 7, 2022 | inclusivity
If we’re not thinking about care when we designing learning, we risk doing more harm than good. China, like many of advanced nations, is seeing mental health problems rising among its undergraduates. And as with other countries too, it does not have the...
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...