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THINK PIECE: RESILIENT EDUCATION THAT STANDS THE TEST OF TIME - BY DESIGN

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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
See Tikvah Breimer (MSc MAEd MSc)

KEYWORDS
Higher Education, Constructive Alignment, Modular, Technical, Educational Design.

LICENCE
This work is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. 

HOW TO CITE
Breimer, T. (2026) Think piece. STUDIOBLENDED. Available: LINK (follows)

OUR FINITE SET OF DESIGN ANGLES

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Technical resilience
Guiding question
Big ideas
Paradigm shifts/decade strong
Simplicity and decluttering
Human resilience
Green
Modular
Innovative and deep pedagogy
Assesment / evaluation
Time dimension
Evidence-based design
Financial health and resilience by (re)design
Multi- Inter- and transdisciplinary
Flexibilisation and personalisation
Blended
Bichronous

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