Heather Boyd-Savidge

Senior Learning Designer @Falmouth University

Falmouth, GB

Leadership: lead a team of learning designers and learning technologists, supporting regular meetings, escalating issues and discussing performance objectives. Planning and delivering regular away days to support the sharing of practice. Involved in the recruitment of staff. Work closely with the production manager to make process improvements, resolve issues and allocate staffing resource to production work and specific projects. Step into the role of learning designer to cover staff absence and key projects to meet production deadlines.Content Development and Design: work with Academics in the design of course content for online learners, drawing on good practice from specialists such as Gilly Salmon and Diana Laurillard. Storyboarding ideas, providing feedback on course content to promote effective learner journey\'s and scaffolding learning. Advance HE Fellowship Recognition: Deliver workshops to promote and support writing activities on areas of fellowship alongside mentoring of colleagues and participate in reviewing activities with Advance HE. Employability: worked with the Head of Careers in the planning and design of module content activities for self directed learning, identifying and exploring digital tools to manage assessment. Sharing good practice on assessment brief design and providing feedback on proposed content. Improving accessibility of placement resources for all learners including in-person and online. Evaluation: engaged in evaluation processes to review the learning design process with online academic staff and shared feedback to the wider team to provide enhanced support to staff.

University of Reading

P-Grad Diploma/QCG

Buckinghamshire New University

Post-graduate Certificate Technology Enhanced Learning

Anglia Ruskin University

BA(hons)

Buckinghamshire New University

Master of Science (MSc)