The Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE) is committed to representing and supporting all those employed in the field of learning development and those with an interest in the field.
ALDinHE supports and champions the work of learning developers through community building and practice-sharing, facilitating research and dissemination, and providing professional development opportunities. We also connect and collaborate with other like-minded organisations around the world who share these goals.
Learning developers work with students in an educational bridging role. They mediate between the knowledge and skills which students bring to university and the demands and conventions of academic subjects, guiding students to navigate their university studies.
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Take5 #130 ‘Beyond the Classroom’: Using 360° Video to Bridge Theory and Practice
This blog post is brought to you by Jasmine Snowden (University of Southampton) Heidi Singleton and Debbie Holley (Bournemouth University). Jasmine is a Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Southampton with experience across Children’s and Adolescents Mental Health Settings (CAMHS), including inpatient, community and eating disorders. Heidi is a Senior Lecturer at Bournemouth University and has over twenty years of teaching experience and children’s nursing experience. Debbie’s research interests…
Take5 #129 It’s not (just) what you do – it’s the way that you do it
This #Take5 is brought to you from Robin Sulkosky and explores labour-based grading. Robin has been teaching language- and writing-related subjects for over a decade, and currently teaches in the First-Year Writing Program at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Robin’s pedagogical interests have focused sharply on the power of instructional design to improve learning across diverse instructional contexts. This post features two alternative grading systems to start conversation in the…
Collective Diary 15 May 2025
On the 15th of each month, we are inviting those working in the field of learning development to share their day. Write up what you have done on the 15th of the month (or your nearest working day to this date) (plus reflections) and share it with us via this short submission form. The entries will be shared here on the ALDinHE blog. In 2010-11 and 2014-15, the ALDinHE website was previously…
Take5 #128 Making a Difference in a Dangerous World
Where do we find inspiration in times when Higher Education is suffering from lack of funding and Learning Development is regularly undervalued despite our best attempts to convince those around us of its benefits?? Perhaps by focussing on the things we really value in education, such as the freedom to think – and the freedom to hold out the hand of friendship. In this post Ursula Canton writes about the…
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