This will be a series of blog posts that I am writing to assist me in the work of developing my book. Basically, I want to engage in a critical analysis, as it pertains to my interest in civics and citizenship education, of some of the key scholars in a range of different fields. I…
Category: Academia
Think: Theories of Learning and the Implications for Learning Design
One of the most overlooked factors in learning design – at least in a technical sense- is how closely its evolution is bound up in various theoretical approaches to learning. Even its predecessor – although I dispute that term, instead preferring to consider it an earlier version of the same thing, instructional design – was…
Some reflections on The Net Delusion
This will be a series of blog posts that I am writing to assist me in the work of developing my book. Basically, I want to engage in a critical analysis, as it pertains to my interest in civics and citizenship education, of some of the key scholars in a range of different fields. I…
Predict: Current and Future Trends in Learning Design
One of the subjects that I am currently developing for the Graduate Certificate in Leanring Design is called Predict: Current and Future Trends in Learning Design. Originally, I had wanted this subject to be an exploration of the directions that Leanring design might be heading in; I felt that there was sufficient interest and scholarship…
Some reflection on Civic Life Online
This will be a series of blog posts that I am writing to assist me in the work of developing my book. Basically, I want to engage in a critical analysis, as it pertains to my interest in civics and citizenship education, of some of the key scholars in a range of different fields. I…
Different Perspectives of Learning Design: Representation
I’ve been reading a lot of James Dalziel’s work on Learning Design -specifically his edited text Learnign Design: Conceptualizing a Framework for Teaching and Learning Online. This book takes as its starting point The Lanarca Declaration on Learning Design (2013), which sought to encapsulate the then status fo learning design as a field of Practice…
Some reflections on Generation Citizen
This will be a series of blog posts that I am writing to assist me in the work of developing my book. Basically, I want to engage in a critical analysis, as it pertains to my interest in civics and citizenship education, of some of the key scholars in a range of different fields. I…
Different Perspectives on Learning Design: Representation
I’ve been reading a lot of James Dalziel’s work on Learning Design -specifically his edited text Learnign Design: Conceptualizing a Framework for Teaching and Learning Online. This book takes as its starting point The Lanarca Declaration on Learning Design (2013), which sought to encapsulate the then status fo learning design as a field of Practice…
Some reflection on Networks of Outrage and Hope
This will be a series of blog posts that I am writing to assist me in the work of developing my book. Basically, I want to engage in a critical analysis, as it pertains to my interest in civics and citizenship education, of some of the key scholars in a range of different fields. I…
Stress Tests, Opportunities and Learning Design
Stress Tests, Opportunities and Learning Design Most people would be well aware of the Coronavirus (or more correctly CoVID-19) that is causing a great deal of angst and misery around the world. It is a serious issue, and governments, institutions, businesses and individuals need to carefully consider their response and put into practice their management…