Learning Design in Diverse Institutional and Cultural Contexts: Suggestions from a Participatory Workshop with Higher Education Professionals in Africa

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Cultural Context; Open Universities; Instructional Design; Culturally Relevant Education; Workshops; Teacher Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Online Courses; Teacher Collaboration; International Cooperation; Distance Education; College Faculty; Student Characteristics; Needs Assessment; Human Resources; Institutional Cooperation

Africa; Kenya (Nairobi); South Africa; United Kingdom

10.1080/02680513.2018.1486185

0268-0513

Learning design approaches, such as those adopted by the Open University, provide a set of tools and resources for purposefully-designing modules with a focus on student experiences. However, many of the current learning design strategies have been situated within specific institutions in Europe and North America. This means that there are several issues worth considering around "if" and "how" established learning design approaches make sense in diverse institutional and cultural contexts. To critically assess the relevance and appropriateness of learning design strategies in new contexts, this article describes an in-depth participatory workshop with 34 education professionals from five African countries. Altogether, 10 suggestions for learning design practices were derived from the consensus of workshop participants, which provide a foundation for the development of learning design practices moving forward.

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2018

EJ1194280