Welcome to the Centre for Educational Design & Development. This centre provides support and advice to lecturers on various aspects of the design and development of courses and programmes. In particular it works with lecturers to develop courses and programmes for flexible learning and teaching. Some programmes offered in the Faculty have both flexible and face-to-face teaching components - others are either entirely flexible or face-to-face.
All courses developed for flexible learning and teaching, model the conventional lecture-based courses in that students are enrolled into a class and a lecturer is assigned to that class. However, they also differ from a conventional lecture-based course in that students study at a distance from the main campus using a variety of technologies.
To ensure that students are provided with appropriate learning, CEDD’s staff include:
- academic: educational designers and a technology advisor who work alongside lecturers to advise on course design
- technical and specialty: including a video production team and web and graphic designers
- administrative support: assignment tracking and resource distribution
A ‘flexible’ course may comprise all or some of the following:
- Printed study material
- Readings (CD or printed)
- Online study resources and information (including: activities and discussion rooms) through WebCT
- Face-to-face sessions
- Audio and video conferencing
- Videos
For students enrolled in a flexible course or programme, support is provided in the form of mail out of course materials, and the processing of assignments. The Student Guide: Flexible Learning is a handy guide to refer to.
For lecturers wanting further information in regard to CEDD and course design please contact us by e-mail at cedd@auckland.ac.nz or by telephone on Ext. 48538 or see the CEDD Staff page for details of individual staff
