{"id":6719,"date":"2021-12-17T12:14:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T12:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/?p=6719"},"modified":"2023-05-31T14:33:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T13:33:42","slug":"learning-designer-6-months-in-the-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2021\/12\/17\/learning-designer-6-months-in-the-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Designer: 6 months in the post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In July, I started at the University of Southampton in the role of Learning Designer. I mentioned to friends and family that I was joining the University of Southampton. Curiously, they would respond with \u201cOh, that will be tough<\/em>\u201d or \u201cGet ready for the big leagues<\/em>\u201d. I think what they failed to mention is that in the so-called \u201cBig leagues\u201d <\/em>is the big community!<\/em> Within the first week, I had met with my team members, all of who were very welcoming. I had also met the project that I would be facilitating, launching Blackboard\u2019s Accessibility tool, Ally. From previous employments, I have worked on projects facilitating the implementation and distribution of software, services and hardware. So, I thought to myself \u201cBring it on<\/em>!\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Digital Learning team at our summer away day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So it begins… <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In my first weeks, I had accumulated five student interns who were working to remediate learning content. I was nervous about managing the interns as previously I had only managed individuals, which was challenging enough! Through the recommendation of my manager, I attended a personal leadership workshop which changed my perspective on leadership and management. Today, I view leadership as a mechanism for steering change and motivating others to fuel this. This became prominent in the producing phase of the internship. All hands were on deck, so to speak, to support our media projects alongside the remediation itself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the end of the internship, the interns had improved the accessibility of content that could potentially reach 6000 students! I am extremely proud of the result of this internship<\/a>. In the past, completed work was often reactionary so measuring impact was viewed through a mitigatory scope. This project provided the opportunity to celebrate success and share our experience of this externally at an AbilityNet Webinar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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