Category: Evidence-based

  • Inside the ICEBERG: How we updated the ICEBERG principles

    Inside the ICEBERG: How we updated the ICEBERG principles

    Catriona Matthews, Jake Hilliard, and James Openshaw ~ Learning Designers   Earlier this year, we proudly shared a blog post introducing the updated ICEBERG principles – a set of seven evidence-based learning design principles that positively impact student retention. Originally created in 2016, the principles were updated across 2023-2024 to reflect new research, student insights,…

  • Evolving design: shaping our work around a service-led model

    Evolving design: shaping our work around a service-led model

    Gerald Evans ~ Head of Learning Design Since 2020 our experiences as a Learning Design (LD) team have been heavily influenced by much of our work moving online. The pandemic led to us resetting how we operated and in particular required us to find effective online mechanisms for running collaborative sessions while continuing to have…