Andrew Deacon

Andrew Deacon works as a Senior Learning Designer in the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT). The work of CILT responds to teaching and learning challenges at UCT and the broader higher education environment through learner-centred pedagogic practices. The learning design work is on curriculum and course design projects across the university, with a focus on blended and online courses design. His work also involves support for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), large-scale assessment and learning analytics.

Andrew obtained his MSc in Computer Science. His research interest is in the field of higher education development broadly, and in particular learning design. His current research has included investigating various aspects of the UCT MOOCs project and how these interest with formal teaching at the university. This work has involved exploring alternatives for how courses can be designed to be more flexible and engaging within a changing university course landscape. He has also been involved in learning analytics for large-scale assessments to measure change and inform curriculum development.