I’ve been reading Deep Work by Cal Newport, on the back of a recommendation by my mentor at UTS. I really enjoyed it – it’s an easy read and makes a lot of points that I’ve been thinking about a lot recently. I’m not entirely convinced about the basis for it – lots of things…
Tag: Academia
What’s wrong in academia (part 43)
Firstly, I haven’t really written 42 previous posts about what’s wrong with academia – although I probably could have. This is just another one of those posts – that I see quite often on various social media platforms -where an academic is going to have a whinge. It’s an ongoing series, I guess. And let’s…
The pleasure of expertise
I was recently invited to facilitate an event held at Our Lady of Mercy College, Parramatta. It was hosted by Learning Environments Australia, who are an organisation with an interest in designing school environments – so a mix of architects and educators. I must admit I hadn’t heard of them before, which was a shame,…
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.
CMALT: Exploring learning, teaching and assessment
Understanding of teaching, learning and/ or assessment processes In 2020-2021, I am developing a new course: the Graduate Certificate of Learning Design at UTS, which is made up of eight subjects. I have adopted a whole of course approach to this, thinking holistically about the course, rather than each subject individually. This approach was inspired…