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The Ding-O-Meter is our powerful listening device, carefully calibrated to detect the best ideas in creative learning design.
It’s also our podcast, and previous guests include Tom Whitford, Head of Learning Design at Curio, and Constance Steinkuehler, Professor of Informatics at UCI and former Senior Policy Analyst for the Obama White House.
How to (actually) widen participation in higher education
‘It’s not enough’, says John Blake, ‘that learners from underrepresented groups can get into college and university – access is about successful higher education, not just any higher education’ (OfS, 2022). And here’s the stick: Blake, Director for Fair Access and...
Increasing belonging through course design
Increasing belonging is now a priority in both education and business. ‘Belonging’, says Tony Bond (2022), ‘is one of the biggest buzzwords in business today.’ And he goes on, ‘It’s about time.’ He cites the role of movements like #metoo and #BlackLivesMatter in...
How slow looking improves learning
‘Slow looking?’ you say. ‘Are you mad? There’s no time for that kind of thing in my practice.’ And you remember the Carrie Fisher quip: ‘Instant gratification takes too long.’ Actually, there are good reasons for finding time for slow looking – starting, perhaps, with...