Category: Learning design

  • Analytics4Action: emphasis on the ACTION

    Analytics4Action: emphasis on the ACTION

    It is no secret that we live in a world driven by data. The insight gained from analytics underpins success in almost every industry, from strategic consumer research in commercial sales to the in-play behavioural patterns of leading men and women in sports; a great deal of importance is afforded to the reporting of “The…

  • OneNote: an eportfolio-type tool to support PDP

    OneNote: an eportfolio-type tool to support PDP

    By Sue Lowe, Senior Learning Designer What is PDP? The OU Student employability policy states that all students are entitled to be supported in Personal Development Planning (PDP) (Open University, 2011). The OU defines PDP as a framework to support students in their analysis of and development of their own skills, and a means of…

  • Flavours of design – what’s in a name?

    Our team at The Open University has gone through a rebrand. Where before we had Learning Design (LD) and TEL Design components to our team, we are now all Learning Designers. A small change in terminology, but hopefully a big change in mindset. So why have we done this? First, it better encapsulates what we’re…