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Understanding design – Consistency and Cognitive Load

Jun 9, 2022SarahDesign, Learning & Teaching

The notion of ‘consistency’ is something that comes up a lot when we talk about online learning, but i’s not always clear what we mean when we talk about consistency or why it’s important. This post unpacks consistency and the cognitive load theory behind it.

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Rethinking engagement in breakout rooms

May 3, 2022SarahDesign, Learning & Teaching

Zoom breakout rooms are a common feature of workshops, tutorials and meetings, and they are often used to replicate the small-group discussions used in face-to-face events. This can be challenging for some people though, and DigEd has been trialing a different approach

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Co-design for new ways of working

Apr 1, 2022SarahDesign, Leadership, Org learning, Workplace design

Redesigning business processes and the ways that we work can be a challenge. DigEd and Integrated Services recently hosted a co-design workshop bringing stakeholders across the university together to begin collaboratively working towards developing new procedures and practices for Special Assessment at UNE.

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Designing business processes: the DSSP

Jan 7, 2022SarahDesign, Org learning, Workplace design

At the start of 2021, the Learning Design Team was established as part of the Digital Education portfolio. One of the team’s core business processes was identified as a key priority for redesign.

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Beyond dichotomies: an integrated model of learning design

Dec 10, 2021SarahDesign, Leadership, Learning & Teaching, Org learning

Teaching and learning support functions in universities have long existed along the centralisation/decentralisation continuum. The Learning Design Team takes a different approach, developing an integrated model of learning design

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