Educational design
An Educational Designer can work with you to design courses and programs
for flexible learning - whether for new courses or for existing ones.
What is Educational Design?
- An approach that seeks to enrich the learning experiences of all students
- A collaborative and consultative process that facilitates the development of curriculum development at the program and course level
- A process to extend your existing teaching approaches and further develop your teaching expertise
- A process
of reviewing or revising existing courses.
How can an Educational Designer assist me?
- Diversifying your approach to teaching through planning, facilitating, assessing and evaluating student learning
- Supporting your course design through development of learning objectives, graduate attributes, learning activities and assessment tasks
- Focusing on student needs and developing strategies to respond effectively to them
- Building interesting and varied learning resources
- Incorporating educational media and communications technologies in the learning environment
- Identifying and manage goal setting and timelines for course development or review
- Locating experts who can assist with other specific needs by introducing you to other education and development professionals
- Collaborating in educational research projects
- Encouraging ongoing reflective practice and professional development
- Expanding your understanding of educational
principles and practice
Who are Educational Designers and how do I access them?
- Educational Designers, employed as lecturers in higher education, are part of TEDI's academic team listed under the Higher Education Research and Scholarship group. See the Staff Directory for contact details
- An Educational Designer can work with you on faculty projects, program development and course design
- Educational Designers provide their services free across all university campuses


