ELDeR

ELDeR is a practical, team-based approach to learning design.

About ELDeR

Find out about how ELDeR was developed and its principles.

Workshop Structure

What happens during a workshop and who should be there.

Request an ELDeR workshop

How to request a workshop to support your learning design process

ELDeR Evaluation

Feedback from workshop participants

[The workshop] was very well directed and helped us improve our course design elements immensely. We thought we were already at quite a well developed stage, but the workshop was vital in clarifying the student pathways through the course, the time requirements, and the assessment structures

What is ELDeR?

ELDeR is a practical, team-based approach to learning design. It involves an intensive, collaborative workshop, at the end of which the academic team goes away with a detailed blueprint of the learning design and a comprehensive action plan.

At its heart is the student learning experience, where student feedback and assessment literacies are given top priority, and a shared vision of the programme is developed between team members.

By considering what students should be able to do by the end of the programme, and how they will know that they are getting there, a foundation is set for authentic assessment that aligns with learning outcomes (McCune & Hounsell, 2005; Wiggins & McTighe, 2005).

References

McCune, V. and Hounsell, D. (2005). The development of students’ ways of thinking and practising in three final-year biology courses. Higher Education, 49 (3), pp.255-289.

Wiggins, G., and McTighe, J. (2005). Understanding by Design (Expanded 2nd ed.). Alexandria, Virginia: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. (ASCD).

More information

For more information about Learning Design development at the University of Edinburgh, please contact the Learning Design team, we are based in Learning, Teaching and Web Services Directorate, Information Services.

This article was published on 2024-10-08