Hi everyone! Pleased to meet you virtually (or in person hopefully too). My name is Yasi and I am an Open Learning Designer for UAL Online. (I don’t know what the ‘Open’ stands for either).
I’ve been at UAL for two years, and prior to being here, I have mainly worked in managing and designing various bits of e-learning on various topics, including most recently, a MOOC on Preventing and Responding to Sexual Harassment and Violence for Jesus College, Cambridge.
As part of the UAL Online team, my focus is on creating meaningful learning experiences, working closely with lecturers and tutors to provide insight into effective online learning, especially when it comes to creative arts pedagogies. I’m interested in areas of access and flexibility in online learning and more generally in the tension between embodied practices and how that translates to online learning and assessment more broadly.
[Edited to add: At the time of writing (15 November 2024) I am now just a ‘Learning Designer’ with slightly changed responsibilities, following a restructure of UAL Online in February 2024. While this change has altered some of the methods and environments in which I work, my focus (and priority) to create meaningful learning experiences remains the same. I have also now been at UAL for three years!]