Sustainability is intrinsic and not an afterthought for many designers taking part in this year’s event. More...
Course Design for Enhanced Learning
Course Design for Enhanced Learning
A set of lessons providing an overview of the principles of learning design, this tutorial is intended to be used as a stand-along learning object (thereby stretching the definition of 'learning object' a bit, but hey, I can't complain) or in support of an instructional design course. More...
The Roadmap to Redesign
The Roadmap to Redesign
We can forgive, I guess, the Center for Academic Transformation for its use of a now cliched phrase in its title. More...
How Can We Improve Accessibility Through Instructional Design?
Techno-News Blog. Regardless of how they represented their concepts, #DLNchat-ters agreed: accessibility starts at the beginning of the design process. More...
Towards a design philosophy for interoperable blockchain systems
Towards a design philosophy for interoperable blockchain systems
Adrian Colyer, The Morning Paper, 2018/05/30
It's hard to dispute this proposition: "We believe the issue of survivability to be as important as that of privacy and security. As such, we believe that interoperability across blockchain systems will be a core requirement." There are numerous reasons why dependence on one single blockchain system might be a bad idea. More...
A Learning Design Methodology for Developing Short Learning Programmes in Further and Continuing Education
A Learning Design Methodology for Developing Short Learning Programmes in Further and Continuing Education
Lillian Buus, Marianne Georgsen, Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2018/05/24
This paper addresses a common issue faced by designers who are working with instructors. More...
Quand le gouvernement de Singapour fait appel aux méthodes du design thinking
Blog Educpros de Xavier Pavie. Le design thinking est une méthode qui se veut une synthèse entre la pensée analytique et la pensée intuitive. Cette méthode s’appuie essentiellement sur un processus de co-créativité impliquant des retours permanents avec l’utilisateur final par itération. Plus...
Unbundling the 4-year degree: How to design education for the future
Employers are in desperate need of skilled workers to address current employee shortages and prepare for projected disruption in the workplace. For example, artificial intelligence will create 2.3 million jobs while eliminating 1.8 million by 2020, according to a 2017 Gartner report. More...
Factors in the Design of Experimental Graphic Displays
Factors in the Design of Experimental Graphic Displays
Really nice article arguing that the arrangement of graphical elements in an illustration can significantly affect recall, and further. The author identifies three major dimensions of graphical organization, those involving perceptual, congnitive and constructivist factors, and argues that confounding those factors may have had an impact on previous studies of graphical organization. More...
How to Design Spaces that Amplify Learning
Techno-News Blog. First, be flexible. Quality instruction will involve a wide variety of activities, and the classroom should be designed to encourage this. More...