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Written by Dr. Jim Lusted, Learning Designer\/Senior Lecturer in Sport Studies<\/em><\/p>\n

In November 2017 I took up an 8 month secondment as a Learning Designer (LD) with the Learning Technology team. I had been a Senior Lecturer in Sport Studies at Northampton since 2009 and saw this as a great opportunity to try something new for a while. This blog gives you a flavour of my experience of the LD secondment, what I learned about working in professional services.<\/p>\n

Why a Learning Designer secondment?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was attracted to the secondment for three main reasons. First, I had really enjoyed working with the Learning Technology team as a lecturer and had valued their support \u2013 through things like CAIeRO course design workshops<\/a>, ABL development sessions and helping me solve NILE problems. I felt I could fit quite nicely into their team and would enjoy working with them. Second, I had become more interested in teaching and learning practice \u2013 particularly as a result of the University\u2019s shift towards ABL, and felt the secondment would be a great way to develop my own skills and knowledge in this area. Third, in my role as programme leader I had enjoyed mentoring new and less experienced colleagues, so I wanted to see what it would be like supporting staff in a more formal role. I must also admit that after 9 years of working in the same role I also fancied a change of scenery – I was eager to try something new.<\/p>\n

“…I learned more about T&L practice in my LD role than I had probably done in my whole teaching career up to that point \u2013 I had the head space to think about my practice rather than just be chasing my tail teaching sessions every week.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Download and read Jim’s full reflections<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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