EP. 12 - Inclusive Learning Design

03/09/21 • 48 min

Tim and Laurie talk to fellow LearnJammers Laura Patsko and Lucy Williams about an Innovate UK project we are working on to develop and share best practices in inclusive online learning.

In our conversation, we covered:

how the rush to online learning in response to the pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing exclusion issues
how we've developed our understanding of what exclusion means
our approach to developing a framework and set of tools to help raise awareness of inclusive learning design
how the project has had an impact on LearnJam as an organisation

Tim and Laurie talk to fellow LearnJammers Laura Patsko and Lucy Williams about an Innovate UK project we are working on to develop and share best practices in inclusive online learning.

In our conversation, we covered:

how the rush to online learning in response to the pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing exclusion issues
how we've developed our understanding of what exclusion means
our approach to developing a framework and set of tools to help raise awareness of inclusive learning design
how the project has had an impact on LearnJam as an organisation

Previous Episode

EP. 11 - Agile

In this episode, Tim and Laurie speak to Jo Sayers, fellow co-founder of LearnJam, about how (and why) he uses Agile product development methodologies to develop digital learning products and solutions.

We thought it'd be great to have a chat with Jo to find out a bit more about his approach and to see what advice he has for anyone looking to learn more about Agile and how it can be put into practice.

In our conversation, we covered:

What Agile actually is and what an Agile project looks like.
How to manage a backlog and why it's important.
What makes a good user story and how to write one.
Why we use Agile in our Learning Design projects.
The challenges of applying Agile, and some pro tips.

LINKS

The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time - Jeff Sutherland

Next Episode

EP. 13 - Storyboarding

One of the key tools we use to design online courses is storyboarding. It involves getting all of the people who are involved in the development of the online course together to create a visual map of the flow of a course. We use this storyboard to identify gaps, opportunities to do interesting things, and to make sure the whole thing is actually helping learners to achieve their goals.

In this episode, Tim and Laurie speak to Lucy Williams from the LearnJam team about how we use this process and why it works so well. We also share some tips and ideas for how to storyboard remotely.