These are the slides from the ASCILITE 2025 Workshop about the LD profession. Very much a work in progress. The slides were designed by Lila Azouz.
Tag: learning design
Presentation to Brush Farms Corrective Services Academy
I recently was asked to deliver a short session on online learning for Brush Farms. This is the third time I’ve visited them – I really value the chance to work with them. I decided to model my presentation on the way that principles of good learning (such as M. David Merrill’s) are still relevant…
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,…
Collaborative Panel Insights: Designing Digital Learning Experiences for Microcredentials
The future of learning (design)
Getting past ‘wow!’
Conference: STANSW 23
Abstract According to some, the sudden availability of tools like ChatGPT means the end of assessment – and perhaps the end of education, too, at least as we know it today. Others suggest that this is simply another educational fad, and will soon go the way of interactive whiteboards. How can educators make sense of…
Learning Design and Educational Technology Panel Discussion
This is a recording from a session we had for FASStival in 2022. We had some fantastic invited guests including: Kuva Jacobs Amy Cotton Julia Miller Zerafina Zara UTS Arts & Social Sciences · Learning Design and Educational Technology Panel Discussion
VR and learning design: challenges and possibilities for teachers and students
I was recently interviewed by Brett Henebery from The Educator about VR use in schools. Excerpt below: Studies have shown that Virtual reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies can be used to improve the design of learning spaces, allowing students to learn without distraction, as well as simulate the classroom experience for pre-service teachers, who can…
Belonging, automatically: video feedback to boost engagement
How do you nurture belonging and engagement with diverse student cohorts, at a distance? Keith Heggart from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) shares learnings from a trial of automated video feedback in the new Graduate Certificate in Learning Design. Read more here.