Podcast Episode
167: Inside the Design of a Learning Design Qualification – Keith Heggart
167: Inside the Design of a Learning Design Qualification – Keith Heggart

Show Notes
Keith Heggart from the University of Technology Sydney joins Michelle Ockers to discuss the creation of the Graduate Certificate in Learning Design. He takes us behind the scenes of the design process—how he spent months consulting with industry experts, developing learner personas, and challenging traditional university structures to create a program that is fast-paced, practical, and immediately useful. Keith also shares key insights on the growing demand for learning design expertise, the critical role of communication in the field, and why the divide between corporate and higher education learning design needs to be bridged.
Resources
Keith Heggart LinkedIn Profile
UTS Graduate Certificate in Learning Design
Graduate Certification in Learning Design – Draft Visualisations (including user stories made up from personas)
What should learning designers learn? By Keith Heggart and Camille Dickson-Deane (article published in Journal of Computing in Higher Education 30 June 2021) – includes principles underpinning the design of the Graduate Certificate in Learning Design
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Michelle Ockers
An award-winning speaker, Michelle brings decades of learning and development experience as she interviews business leaders and learning professionals to uncover interesting stories, authentic conversations, and new insights.

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