Educational design

Educational designers draw on a rich repertoire of theories, models, strategies, and digital tools to create transformative learning experiences that meet adult learner needs across diverse settings including the workplace, community education and universities. In this unit, you will explore the evolving role of the educational designer and the processes that guide design across its lifecycle, from early ideation to iterative evaluation.

You will engage with key theories and models, learning how to apply these to the development of purposeful, inclusive, and aligned learning experiences. In doing so you will explore principles of curriculum design, construction of effective learning objectives, foundations of assessment and feedback, and the design implications of technologies and modes of engagement. The unit also introduces the emerging impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on educational design.

You will also encounter critical debates and myths about learning, technology, and educational change, building your capacity to think deeply and independently about what constitutes “good” design. Through collaborative inquiry, critique of practice, and hands-on tasks, this unit lays the foundational knowledge and mindset for working as an educational designer in a rapidly changing digital world.