Challenges in sustaining technology enhanced learning: Recruitment, employment and retention of learning designers in Australian universities

Christine Slade; Dominic McGrath; Ruth Greenaway; Jeffrey Parker

doi:10.14742/apubs.2019.274

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Challenges in sustaining technology enhanced learning: Recruitment, employment and retention of learning designers in Australian universities

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Challenges in sustaining technology enhanced learning: Recruitment, employment and retention of learning designers in Australian universities

Christine Slade, Dominic McGrath, Ruth Greenaway and Jeffrey Parker

ASCILITE 2019 Conference Proceedings: Personalised Learning. Diverse Goals. One Heart, pp.272-281

ASCILITE 36th International Conference of Innovation Practce and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education (Singapore University of Social Sciences, 02/12/2019 - 05/12/2019)

02/12/2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14742/apubs.2019.274

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learning designer

directors

recruitment

employment

retention

career progression

Universities require learning designers with creative digital experience and significant knowledge of educational theory and practice to meet institutional teaching and learning strategic priorities. Little is known about how best to attract and retain learning designers or alternatively, to assist learning designers navigate their career pathways in higher education. In response to these needs, this study aimed to provide a snapshot of current learning design practices across Australian universities; to document relevant skills, knowledge, education and professional background, role types and employment conditions, challenges for directors, and to identify areas for future attention. The researchers used two separate online surveys to target 1) directors of central teaching and learning units and 2) learning designers employed in universities. The results are useful as a means to sustain and improve practice through evidence-based decision-making in the conceptualisation of learning designer positions, the management and retention of learning design staff, and to assist learning designers in their career choices.

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Title: Challenges in sustaining technology enhanced learning: Recruitment, employment and retention of learning designers in Australian universities
Creators: Christine Slade - University of Queensland
Dominic McGrath - University of Queensland
Ruth Greenaway - University of the Sunshine Coast
Jeffrey Parker - University of Queensland
Contributors: Sharleen Chew Yi Wei (Editor)
Chan Kah Mun (Editor)
Alfieana Alphonso (Editor)
Publication Details: ASCILITE 2019 Conference Proceedings: Personalised Learning. Diverse Goals. One Heart, pp.272-281
Conference: ASCILITE 36th International Conference of Innovation Practce and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education (Singapore University of Social Sciences, 02/12/2019 - 05/12/2019)
Publisher: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (A S C I L I T E); Australia
Identifiers: 991013143606102368
Copyright: Copyright (c) 2019 Christine Slade, Dominic McGrath, Ruth Greenaway, Jeffrey Parker. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Academic Unit: Centre for Teaching and Learning
Language: English
Resource Type: Conference proceeding

Challenges in sustaining technology enhanced learning: Recruitment, employment and retention of learning designers in Australian universities

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