Over the last twelve months or so, the team at Graccon Learning Solutions have been busy completing some very comprehensive learning designs to support the Victorian Government’s Head Start programme. Head Start is an apprenticeship and traineeship pathway that allows school students to work while completing vocational training and a…

2021 has been busy. Working with a widely talented group of educators and designers, we have been working on a multitude of design and development projects. One significant project has focussed on the design of online learning for senior secondary students. …

Here’s me unpicking my latest thoughts as I prepare to work with a client where we are implementing a year long project framed by Human Centred Design as Action Research. Human Centred Design I often discuss with our education clients that human centred design is not just about problem solving but a way…

Design Thinking helps This week we’ve delivered a series of learning modules to one of our education partners that are designed to support educators, students and managers in the creation and maintenance of “COVID Safe” learning and working environments. These modules will be pushed out to approximately 120 campuses, globally. …

A Narrative Analysis of the Epistemological Beliefs of a Mathematics and Language Teacher and How These Beliefs are Perceived to Influence Technology Integration in a Secondary School Setting. Abstract Despite widespread integration of technology in education, effective uses of technology are not prevalent. Well-developed teacher epistemological beliefs are reported to underpin…

In my previous medium post I posed a series of questions about designing for meaningful learning. These questions focussed on building relationships and interactions with your students. Student-student Student-teacher Student-knowledge The underlying belief here is that learning is a social act. I am a teacher at heart and I learnt…

What might be some solid but well thought out ideas to hold onto when designing for digital learning that, firstly caters for students who now might not be in the classroom with you and also help you to begin to build cultures of hope. …

This week we kicked off a new working relationship with a school community transitioning into a whole new school build composed of very impressive looking ‘flexible’ learning spaces. A whole new school! Now embraced by a very new ‘built pedagogy’ this learning community is tasked with the responsibility of deciphering…

The Pillars of Design Thinking Design thinking is about seeing the world not as it is, but as it could be (Martin, 2009). The interest in the uses of design thinking as both a pedagogical tool and way of approaching issues, problems and opportunities is new and promising in terms of the scope of application…