Learning Design 

• Learning Designers
• Learning Designs

Learning design focuses on building learning and teaching environments that enable effective learning. It integrates activities, interaction and assessment that learners need to meet their learning goals.

 

Learning Designers

A Learning Designer offers guidance to subject coordinators in learning and teaching decisions, including resources, tasks and supports, assessment and the sequencing of these within a course to enhance learning. The UOW Learning Design Unit have Learning Designers available to assist academics in the creation of effective Learning Designs.

At UOW Learning Designers:

• provide consultations for general use of the eLearning Space;
• support the design of learning activities for blended learning environments and multi-location teaching;
• discuss innovative teaching ideas and pedagogies to achieve learning outcomes.

If, as a result of discussions with a Learning Designer you identify a substantial design and/or development need for your teaching, we suggest you collaborate with colleagues in your program to consider the development of a Faculty Service Agreement (FSA). An FSA projects needs to aligned with the strategic priorities of your program/Faculty..

Learning Designers - Flowchart of Available Services

Information to items above:

• Faculty Service Agreement for an overview of process and the Expression of Interest form.
• Learning Design Unit - Learning Design Team for a list of staff
• Learning Design - Location and Map
• See ASD Staff Development Calendar for a list of current workshops and workshop topics that can be customized for specific Faculty needs.

 

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Learning Designs

A learning design is a framework that supports student-learning experiences. Learning designs may be at the level of a course, subject or unit of study. The elements of a learning design can be represented visually to show the relationship between the three components: Resources, Tasks and Supports (Agostinho, 2006).

Image: The Learning Design Construct (Oliver, 1999)

Agostinho, S. (2006) The use of a visual learning design representation to document and communicate teaching ideas. Paper presented at the 23rd Annual ascilite Conference: Who’s learning? Whose technology?, Sydney.

Oliver, R (1999). Exploring strategies for online teaching and learning. Distance Education, 20 (2), 240-254

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