Sarah Thorneycroft
Senior Learning Designer
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Download The Latest AgendaPre Conference Workshops: Monday, 5th August 2019
Monday, August 5th, 2019
1:30 PM BUILDING EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN LEADERSHIP, ACADEMIA AND LEARNING DESIGNERS TO ACHIEVE EDUCATIONAL CHANGE
Blended or online learning activities and environments are increasingly important in institutions’ educational strategy. As a result, learning designers are becoming more central to curriculum development. While the reasons for this trend are often linked to the increasing importance of technologically-enhanced learning, the emergent role of the designers goes far beyond technology. They ensure that pedagogy, design philosophy, space and practice are aligned with the educational goals. However, a common challenge is a disconnect between faculty, leadership and learning designers around the traditional conceptions of academic teaching roles versus the reality of complex online or blended teaching workforces. These cultural and conceptual tensions can lead to setbacks and failures of large curriculum projects and to tensions and demoralizations in the workforce.
Join this hands-on work shop to learn and share what works, and what doesn’t work, in building effective partnerships in curriculum design.
In this Workshop…
- Normalising instructional design by implementing clear, consistent standards of course design
- Taking advantage of the professional development offered by instructional designers to educate academics on new technologies and tools
- Identifying the goals of your institution and how you’re situated to determine how you best utilise learning designers for your university
- Keeping a relationship that’s long term and engaged for options and training
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