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Good Practices from AAOU Members

Learner Experience and Learning Creative Content and Inclusivity
Environment Since the beginning OUM has invested
While there has been extensive work heavily in Instructional Design. It even offers
in these areas, there no documented a post-graduate programme in the area,
research. At present, CRI is in discussion Master of Instruction Design and Technology.
with CLA to propose the identified research At present, themes under Learning Design
areas: Meaning Learner Experience, Smart are also being explored under along with
Learning Environment, and Study on User Universal Design (UD) Principles. Inclusivity is
Experience. Current research project on the key theme in UD. Content creation has
the development of a predictive model on always been seen as a mergence of education
learner retention, academic progress and framework and technology enhancement. CRI
market analysis on learner’s preferences work closely with the Creative Team from CIDT
can prove to have significant contributions in order add another dimension to the mix:
to these new niche areas (T Subramaniam Art. Hence the theme Creative Content. The
et al., 2022). Research under this theme can team explores the use of mixed-media, art,
further expand into many other projects (or learning designs and technology to ‘create’
linked to other research projects). This will the creative content that helps the learners
help to enhance the project outcome and to achieve the targeted learning outcomes of
build a better understanding of the inter- a specific course effectively. The team hope
relation between learner’s experience and to study the mix in order to develop a guide
the learning environment. for educators. The team hopes to collaborate
with an industrial partner for better access
to latest technologies. By ensuring UD in
content design, the teams hope to promote
inclusivity.

Open University Malaysia (OUM)