A paper due to be published in a special issue of the British Journal of Educational Technology on Learning Design in November 2018 shows how digital technology can support teachers by enabling collaboration.
The paper, co-authored by CGHE researchers Professor Diana Laurillard and Dr Eileen Kennedy from the UCL
Institute of Education, assesses the potential of a new digital tool to
develop and support a knowledge-building teaching professional
community. The tool, called the Learning Designer, aims to help teachers
design effective teaching methods by sharing pedagogic ideas and
knowledge.
Teaching knowledge cannot be reduced to a set of guidelines or
captured on video by ‘expert teachers’, the researchers point out. The
Learning Designer promises an online, international system that draws on
the insights and experiments of teachers testing innovations in
multiple local contexts. This enables teachers to share teaching ideas
across disciplines and understand how generic teaching ideas can be
customised.
The researchers assessed the tool’s effectiveness through a number of international online events and a series of MOOCs.
They found a high level of acceptance by teachers around the world and
across all sectors, indicating a strong desire from teachers to be part
of a professional collaborative community...
The researchers assessed the tool’s effectiveness through a number of international online events and a series of MOOCs.
They found a high level of acceptance by teachers around the world and
across all sectors, indicating a strong desire from teachers to be part
of a professional collaborative community.
The next stage of the researchers’ project will be to develop the
tool’s capacity to support peer review and collaboration on developing
designs. They plan to integrate the tool with virtual learning
environments and will also investigate its impact on learners.
The Learning Designer tool is free to use for all teachers and is available at learningdesigner.org
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Source: The Centre for Global Higher Education