Learning Design
This topic covers topics from school and system design to the science of learning.
Distance Learning: Boosting College-, Career-, and Life- Readiness
With the shift to remote learning, students are developing college-, career-, and life-readiness skills and lessons and adapting to this unique mode of learning.
Digital Credentials: A Better Way to Capture and Communicate Learning
There is an invention opportunity to better credential units of learning. Listed are six opportunities to better capture and communicate learning.
Virtual Agreements Help Mitigate Cheating in My Online Classroom
By: Renata Nikolayev. Educators who have experience teaching online have proven strategies to help mitigate cheating. Perhaps one of the most effective is to write a contract.
“I Could Never Do This Alone” – Collaboration, Trust, and Human-Centered Design at Design39
By: Sabba Quidwai and Devin Vodicka. Sabba and Devin examine the D39 case study on how they have created an environment with collaboration, trust, and human-centered design.
What’s Working During COVID
By: Norton Gusky. The pandemic forced educators to rethink how they design learning experiences, and continue to meet the needs of their learning communities. Here are some successful strategies and approaches.
Your District Needs an Innovation Pathway
By: Rebecca Midles and Greg Gazanian. Rebecca and Greg share resources for finding new ways to support innovation within a pandemic and beyond.
5 Recommendations to Improve Remote Learning for Families
By: The LEANLAB Editorial Team. After surveying more than 500 parents and caregivers, the LEANLAB team identified a few recommendations to improve remote learning for schools, teachers, and parents.
Eight Ways New Schools Innovate
With the rapid global shift to hybrid and remote learning, there is a renewed interest in new school models. Highlighted are eight ways schools are innovating.
Using OER to Increase Collaboration, Relevance, and Engagement
By: Katie Martin. Despite our deepest desire to be back in schools, we know that students and teachers will likely have to engage from a distance as the numbers increase, which can be more efficient, relevant, and effective when resources are digital.
It’s Not About The Grade, It’s About the Growth: 5 New Mindsets for Hybrid Assessment
While the pandemic has had its roadblocks, it has provided dynamic learning experiences that allow for continual feedback and iteration, voice and choice, reflection, and opportunities for continual growth.