Ann Backhaus1, Dr Marco De La Pierre1, Dr Alexis Espinosa1, Dr Mehaboob Basha1, Dr Sarah Beecroft1, Cristian Di Pietrantonio1, Dr Pascal Elahi1, Audrey Scott1, Ali Zamani1, Dr Christina Hall2
1Pawsey Supercomputing Centre, Kensington, Australia
2Australian BioCommons, Melbourne, Australia
“…[T]hey [digital-learning options] represent a … fundamental rethinking of the learning experience to enable collaborative, interactive social-learning experiences for groups of learners.” [1]
Purposefully designing with such experiences in mind while critical, takes substantial time and focused energy. How can we design and deliver with reusability in mind to best use limited time and resources? How can we extend reach through purposeful partnerships?
Generic training, while less time consuming to produce, has less uptake traction because learners cannot engage with the content and with each other – there are too many differences.
To increase relevancy, Pawsey has taken a targeted approach for its key trainings, such as its Container series. The team is trialling various virtual learning techniques as they repurpose the Container training for specific domains. The experimental techniques come out of close alignment with domain-specific partners and needs analysis.
The result is a repeatable approach to designing and delivering training, through selective content building – reusing some and creating afresh other. Social-learning and community-building are purposefully and uniquely built into the design and delivery of each training conduct – seeking meaningful interaction of students with content, peers and facilitators.
The presenters will share via lightning talks their approach, which is on its third “cycle”. The attendees will vote on topics of interest for small group discussions. Ideas will be collectively gathered in a take-away format. Potential partnerships and the sharing of “recyclable” products by participants is encouraged.
[1] McKinsey Accelerate. Adapting workplace learning in the time of coronavirus.
Biography:
Ann is the Education and Training Manager at the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre. Ann has significant experience in adult teaching and learning, as well as training project and program design, development and management. She has led distributed, global training teams strategically and operationally. She has worked in and experimented with a variety of modalities and approaches for training and documentation in technical and technology areas. She has deep and broad experience in online and blended learning. Her experience spans numerous industries and sectors, including government, academia, and private enterprise.