In this interactive, hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to create clear, engaging, and accessible content for teaching. You’ll explore essential human-centred design techniques such as structuring content for clarity, creating interactive experiences to enhance skill development, and solving problems with learner engagement.

Through both theory and practice, you’ll improve your content’s readability with visual design strategies, enhance your writing style for use in teaching and refine your use of techniques like framing and threading. You will also learn strategies to integrate interactive elements into your course to heighten engagement and promote efficient learning. Whether you’re developing course material, assignment instructions, or revisiting your teaching strategies, this workshop will provide you with the tools to create content that captivates and supports your learners.

Join us to improve your online content and make your courses more engaging and effective!

Learning objectives

In this workshop, you will be supported to:

use design thinking principles to constructively align course learning outcomes with innovative user experience/content design solutions
create structured and accessible teaching content that manages cognitive load and contextualises learning, using techniques such as chunking, framing, threading and interactive design
implement visual design strategies to improve readability of course content using headings, callouts, and accessible design principles to guide learners through content
write clear and engaging text that resonates with learners
establish teacher presence and enhance teacher voice to encourage learner engagement.

Testimonials

"The balance between the concepts and tools was great and flowed seamlessly. Both Emily and Alexi were super helpful with answering questions. The interactive activity was good to tie it all together." -Participant from School of Biological Sciences.