Course selection
Designing an effective and engaging digital learning activity
Audience: Academic staff, Professional staff
Date: Wednesday 8 July 2026
Times: 14.00 to 15.30
Key details: A practical workshop supporting teaching staff to design engaging digital learning activities using a design-first approach.
Target audience
This workshop is suitable for teaching staff at any stage of their digital teaching practice who design learning activities for on-campus or online delivery and want to take a more intentional, design-led approach to using digital tools. The workshop offers an opportunity to design or redesign a specific learning activity, while developing practical skills in digital learning.
Course pre-work
Participants should arrive with an idea of a digital learning activity that they want to design or redesign during the workshop.
Course information
This聽hands-on聽workshop supports teaching staff to design effective and engaging digital learning activities, starting with learning design rather than technology. Participants will define their learners, learning outcomes, and context, then create a visual storyboard to聽represent聽the learner experience. Using this storyboard, they will explore and evaluate digital tools that best support their design, leaving with a clear, transferable plan for a digital learning activity.聽
Aims and objectives
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:聽聽
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take a design-first approach to creating digital learning activity聽聽
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choose聽appropriate digital聽tools to聽facilitate聽digital learning experiences聽聽
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access聽appropriate digital聽learning resources and support聽
Tutors
Heather Jeffrey
Venue
Gateway, Seminar 4 & 5
Course provider
IELLI
Email: ielli@st-andrews.ac.uk