How might we design meaningful engagement and authentic learning experiences? In every educational jurisdiction there are curriculum guidelines that frame the content to teach, outcomes to achieve and standards to reach. But what comes first, the content or the learner? This question is at the heart of engaging the disconnected learner, the content of theContinueContinue reading “Future of Learning (is design): Creating the ‘need-to-know’”
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Future of Learning: Empowering small ‘d’ designers
Why design matters “I believe it’s one of the most positive tools at our disposal to improve our quality of life”. Alice Rawsthorn, TED2016 The principles of design can be translated into everyday situations to make the world a better place. In her book, Design is an Attitude, Rawsthorn writes, “Whenever human beingsContinueContinue reading “Future of Learning: Empowering small ‘d’ designers”
Future of learning (is design): Empathy mapping to target engagement
Learning design is a process of rethinking the experience of school that supports a zero-based strategy, rather than tinkering with the edges of the status quo. It is a shift from teacher-directed ‘delivery’ of curriculum, to learner-centred approaches. If we are genuinely seeking to engage the disengaged, then we need to focus in empathy –ContinueContinue reading “Future of learning (is design): Empathy mapping to target engagement”
Future of Learning (is design): Let’s talk about ‘the lecture’
When was the last time you, as an adult learner, placed yourself in an unfamiliar, yet necessary learning context? Learning something that made your brain hurt? I like to use the expression in my workshops ‘create the need-to-know’, asking educators about whether the content has purposeful application to a context that matters to the learner.ContinueContinue reading “Future of Learning (is design): Let’s talk about ‘the lecture’”
CLD Tour 2018: Wish you were here!
CLD: Culture – Learning – Design These three words were the compass guiding this uniquely rich professional learning experience Culture: How might we challenge our own paradigm regarding the people, the content and the context of learning? Learning: How might the experience of school be enhanced and deepened through learner-centred practices? Design: How might weContinueContinue reading “CLD Tour 2018: Wish you were here!”
The Future of Learning: Leaders with a design mindset
When we talk about the ‘Future of…’ anything it is a defiant moment because we are challenging where we are right now (and have been). People are generally comfortable with the status quo, but as leaders, we know that we can’t settle. We live in an era of disruption, which is code for ‘change onContinueContinue reading “The Future of Learning: Leaders with a design mindset”
The Future of Learning: Designing for differentiation not settling for standardisation
A bowling alley is characterised by a cavernous spaces made up of lane-upon-lane, with weighty balls hurtling down each one. As a ball is bowled, it’s heading toward the pins which are standing at attention, awaiting the impact at the other end. Is your school like a bowling alley? The pins, like students, are passiveContinueContinue reading “The Future of Learning: Designing for differentiation not settling for standardisation”
The Future of Learning: Teachers as perpetual learners
The Future of Learning depends on teachers who are passionate about learners and skilled at their craft, who also see themselves as learners. Where learning is more about change than knowledge acquisition. When I speak or facilitate workshops about the future of learning and the disruptions we are facing today, I often sense angst inContinueContinue reading “The Future of Learning: Teachers as perpetual learners”
Learning Design: Creating the ‘need to know’
Over the last few months I have appreciated working with future-focused educators and school designers in Australia and Asia exploring ideas around designing learning and learning environments that support engagement. The essence of the keynotes and workshops I have presented is the future of learning, I see this as the pointy end of human growth.ContinueContinue reading “Learning Design: Creating the ‘need to know’”
Teachers as designers: Reframing problems, How Might We…?
The view of teachers is evolving from technicians who implement the educational ideas and procedures of curriculum to teachers as designers of learning environments and as experts in the art and science of teaching. (OECD p.21). As designers of learning and learning environments, design thinking is a necessary skill for educators to learn and apply. However, professionalsContinueContinue reading “Teachers as designers: Reframing problems, How Might We…?”
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