Tag: student voice

  • Tip of the ICEBERG: Updated learning design principles for student retention

    Tip of the ICEBERG: Updated learning design principles for student retention

    Catriona Matthews, James Openshaw, and Jake Hilliard  ~ Learning Designers   When we think about student retention and the factors that can lead to students withdrawing from their studies, learning design is often just the tip of the iceberg. The decision to complete a course – or to withdraw or pause studies – is often…

  • Exploring two frameworks from The Open University: Critical AI Literacy Skills and Responsible by Design

    Exploring two frameworks from The Open University: Critical AI Literacy Skills and Responsible by Design

    Dr Mirjam Hauck ~ Academic Co-Lead for AI in LT&A; Eleanor Moore and Mary Simper ~ Learning Designers   The Critical AI Literacy skills framework As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to make its impact felt in HE, influencing everything from the way we search online to how we learn and teach, it’s important that educators…

  • Student Voice on GenAI: Use, Concerns and Educational Applications

    Student Voice on GenAI: Use, Concerns and Educational Applications

    Mary Simper and Eleanor Moore ~ Learning Designers Like much of Higher Education, we in the Learning Design Team at The Open University have been both fascinated and challenged by the introduction of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT. In this blog post, we’ll uncover what our students have told us about their use of…