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Developing eLearning champions: a design thinking approach
Against the backdrop of a complex Higher Education (HE) landscape, particularly in a
developing country context where the relevance of current HE structures is questioned
through student protests, and decolonisation of education practices is called for,
traditional thinking is losing ground. This study focuses on lecturers identified as
eLearning champions, who display shared dispositions that mirror what the literature
terms a ‘design thinking mindset’, such as collaboration, empathy for the learner and
problem orientation. We argue that promoting this mindset in academic staff
development interventions around the use of technology in teaching and learning could
support more academics to innovate their practices. Recommendations for how findings
of this study may inform the design of such learning interventions conclude the paper