Content

Content design and development is often undertaken in a manner that lacks both rigour in terms of instructional design and flexibility in terms of presentation for optimal use in different teaching models (i.e. classroom, online, mobile learning, etc.), learner locations, contextual needs, and technology used to access the content (including computing and communication network technologies). 

Dr Bowles has researched and developed processes and applications to avoid artificial restriction on both learing and assessment content (object) reuse and deployment. This has extended to include working with clients to promote investment in more appropriate content development processes and learning technologies. Content design and development is all too often seen as a ‘training’ cost evaluated against returns that are judged in overly simplistic human capital gains such as number of qualifications held, number of attendees, or retention rates. 

Content released as Open Educational resources have been located at Working Futures Foundation educational site.