Learning design CoP: Educational change as relational work

Course description

Educational change is often approached through processes and project plans, but how do we navigate the human complexities that emerge when people are asked to change the way they teach?

As part of the Learning Design Community of Practice (LD CoP), we are pleased to welcome back Dr Ella Stewart-Peters to present an extended version of her HERGA conference paper, Educational Change as Relational Work: Trust and Collaboration in a Complex Higher Education Context.

Drawing on reflections from Flinders Online, Ella explores how uncertainty shapes collaboration between learning designers and academic staff during periods of educational change. The presentation introduces the concept of relational infrastructure to examine how trust, empathy, communication and mutual recognition interact with formal processes and project structures to influence change initiatives.

This session invites participants to consider educational change through a relational lens, highlighting the often invisible work that underpins effective collaboration and sustainable transformation in higher education. It will be of particular interest to learning designers, educational developers and academics involved in leading, supporting or navigating change in learning and teaching contexts.

Learning Design Community of Practice (LD CoP) members and colleagues with an interest in educational change, partnership and collaboration are warmly encouraged to attend.

Type of course

Web conference

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