Category: Learning design

  • Study speed and workload: How do they intersect?

    Study speed and workload: How do they intersect?

    Paul Astles and Charlie Knowlson ~ Learning Designers   Imagine, for a moment, that you are standing in front of a pile of food the height of a giraffe. This pile is made up of all your favourite foods, neatly separated by sustainably sourced packaging. If you’re unsure why there is packaging, just consider this: […]

  • APT24: Reflecting on our experience presenting on AI at King’s College London

    APT24: Reflecting on our experience presenting on AI at King’s College London

     Katia Shulga and Mary Simper ~ Learning Designers   This summer we had the pleasure of delivering two presentations at the annual APT conference at King’s College London on behalf of the Learning Design Team at The Open University, UK. It was a hot June day when Mary and I met at the train station […]

  • The pedagogical power of page-turners

    The pedagogical power of page-turners

    What could be better than curling up with a good book? How about a little learning with your literature? Earlier in the year our unit ran an in-person event at the Open University Library, the LDS LINK event (Learner and Discovery Services, Learning Innovation and Knowledge for those who like two acronyms for the price […]