Learning Design: Reflections upon the Current Landscape

• Published in: Research in learning technology Vol. 20; no. sup1; pp. 85 - 10
• Main Authors: Mor, Yishay, Craft, Brock
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Jarfalla Co-Action Publishing 01.01.2012; Association for Learning Technology
• Subjects: Barriers; Brochures; Collaboration; Computer System Design; Computer Uses in Education; Core curriculum; Definitions; design frameworks; design methods; Designers; Education; Educational Change; Educational Practices; Educational Resources; Educational Technology; Educational Theories; Educational Trends; Epistemology; Foreign Countries; Influence of Technology; Information systems; Innovations; Instructional Design; Internet; Learning; Learning Activities; learning design; Learning Processes; Learning Theories; Open Universities; R&D; representations; Research & development; Research Needs; Researchers; Social networks; Social research; Teacher Role; Teachers; Teaching; Teaching Methods; theory development; United Kingdom; Web 2.0 Technologies; Workshops; United Kingdom; United Kingdom > UK
• ISSN: 2156-7069; 2156-7077
• DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v20i0.19196

The mounting wealth of open and readily available information and the accelerated evolution of social, mobile and creative technologies call for a re-conceptualisation of the role of educators: from providers of knowledge to designers of learning. This call is reverberated by the rising trend of research in learning design (LD). Addressing this, the Art and Science of Learning Design workshop brought together leading voices in the field, and provided a forum for discussing its key issues. It focused on three major themes: (1) practices, methods and methodologies, (2) tools and resources and (3) theoretical frameworks. This paper proposes a definition of LD, reviews the main contributions from the workshop, and suggests some challenges for future research. (Contains 5 notes.) [This paper was published in the ALT-C 2012 Conference Proceedings.]