This is the slideshow that I presented to a local high school about learning analytics. It makes use of some of the materials from the Crunch microcredential at UTS, which is itself informed by the excellent Learn2Analyse (L2A) course that is freely available.
Category: Learning Design
Hiring practices: an analysis of higher education in Australasia
This is a presentation that I took part in at ASCILITE 2021. I’ve only included my slides.
Providing Automated Video Feedback to Increase Student Engagement
This is a presentation that I delivered as part of the UTS Teaching and Learning Forum.
Connectivism as a theory
This is a short presentation that I did for students enrolled in the MEDLL course at UTS.
AECT Presentation 2021
This is a presentation that I did with some colleagues at AECT 2021.
Postgraduate Information Session
Microcredentials and Automated Feedback: A Perfect Match?
Even before COVID-19, universities and other educational and training institutions were exploring ways that they might reach learners who were increasingly time-poor. Microcredentials were – and still are – touted as a possible solution by providing learners with the option to undertake study at a pace that suits them, with no long-term commitments required. This…
The future of Learning Design: challenges and tensions
This is a blog post that I wrote (with assistance from Lucy Blakemore) for the LX Lab. What does the future look like for learning designers, and Learning Design as a field? The profession has certainly been changing and growing in status, hastened by the impact of COVID worldwide. At the same time, there is significant potential…
Tensions and Existential Crises in Learning Design
This is a presentation that I delivered for the UTS LD Meet Up.
Teachers and Learning Analytics – what’s the connection?
It’s almost impossible to escape the notion that data is changing every aspect of our lives. ‘Big’ data is often conflated with ideas like artificial intelligence and machine learning, and also ethical issues like privacy and security. And, of course, these ideas have made their way into education, and that means that data, learning analytics and…