EDF3406 · Industry engagement: Part 2

Overview

This unit provides you the opportunity to employ what you have learned from previous units, and further develop your skills in readiness for working in learning design teams and in the professional workplace. Under the guidance of the faculty, you will find your own sites for industry engagement. It may be on-site or virtual, and where appropriate may also include deemed equivalent experiences such as client-based projects, study tours and internships. A key focus for this industry engagement is the production of a design or element of a design under the supervision of an experienced industry mentor. In addition to working on this project you will be expected to join design meetings with your mentor, observing and participating in every aspect of the role. This unit draws on all of the previous units and challenges you to test and reflect on your learning in an authentic industry context. It extends on your theoretical learning and connects it to the daily life of a learning designer. In recognition that learning designers need to be lifelong learners, this unit will also develop skills in reflective practice and identify areas of future personal and professional growth.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. identify the skills and knowledge you can contribute to a learning design team
2. demonstrate critical thinking and professional judgement in working with others as well as creating learning designs
3. effectively communicate and collaborate with peers and industry professionals
4. initiate and effectively engage in feedback processes
5. critically reflect on design products and experiences to identify future strategies for improvement, including professional development.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. In this unit you will engage in: • 16 hours of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities; • professional fieldwork of 15 days (105 hrs); and • the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.