Ian Solomonides
Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic & Students)
Victoria University
Conference Day One: Tuesday, 06th August 2019
Tuesday, August 6th, 2019
9:10 AM Victoria University’s Radical Rethink of Education With Deliberate Learning Design Principles to Significantly Improve Engagement and Results
Historically, education has been taught in much the same way. However, the industry and employer needs have changed drastically and students are expected to graduate with practical and real world applicable skills. Victoria University’s First Year Model was developed in an impressive 8 months, with every unit and course redesigned with a learning design approach leading to a phenomenal impact and significant improvement in student results.
This session will talk about:
- Driving culture change in educators and what they think education is by systematically introducing learning design to improve learning consistency
- Utilising learning design to develop content that collate with how students learn for significant consequences of high impact and retention success
Conference Day Two: Wednesday, 7th August 2019
Wednesday, August 7th, 2019
12:30 PM PANEL DISCUSSION: What are the New Roles, Responsibilities & KPIs of a Learning Designer and How Does That Affect You?
The definition of a learning designer is not exactly clear is it is a challenge for some to see the value and purpose learning designers can provide. There are multiple disciplines involved in the role and it is constantly evolving and growing to include pedagogy, technology and course design expertise to focus on creating and maintaining quality learning and teaching.
Panellists will discuss:
- Communicating the value and strategic importance of learning designer’s to a digital education to enable student outcomes
- Exploring emerging ideas in design, technologies and tools to integrate with education needs to be relevant to learning needs
- Considering the different roles and skills learning designers take on to stay on top of current practices while preparing for the future