Designers for Learning’s participants are excited to report on our work during seven sessions at the Association for Educational Communication and Technology (AECT) the #AECT19 International Convention in Las Vegas. The following is a summary of our AECT-related fall sessions sorted by date and time, including the preview of our accessibility-related sessions from the recording of our AECT […]
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We’re in the process of transitioning Designers for Learning’s courses from Thinkific to our new home on Canvas – more to follow on our exciting partnership with Instructure Canvas in an upcoming newsletter! As a first step in the tedious process of course migration, we have our Design in the Open challenge up and running on
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Big news! We’re expanding our leadership team and seeking volunteers in three new committees. If you’d like to share your talents to help support our mission, check out today’s call for volunteers. Read more …
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This Designers for Learning webcast was part of our Designer Dialogues webcast series held on Thursday, February 8, 2018. Read more …
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This Designers for Learning webcast was part of our Designer Dialogues webcast series held on Thursday, January 11, 2018. Read more …
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This video is one in a series of interviews conducted to gather additional perspectives as part of our Design in the Open Challenge, a professional development opportunity offered by Designers for Learning. Within this self-paced course, you’ll network with others as you undertake short challenges geared toward cultivating your professional presence within your chosen field. In this interview, Tonia Dousay, Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences at the University of Idaho, considers themes forwarded in the book Show your Work: 10 ways to share your creativity and get discovered by Austin Kleon. Read more …
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This video is one in a series of interviews conducted to gather additional perspectives as part of our Design in the Open Challenge, a professional development opportunity offered by Designers for Learning. Within this self-paced course, you’ll network with others as you undertake short challenges geared toward cultivating your professional presence within your chosen field. In this interview, Kristin Anthony, a freelance Learning Experience designer, considers themes forwarded in the book Show your Work: 10 ways to share your creativity and get discovered by Austin Kleon. Read more …
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This video is one in a series of interviews conducted to gather additional perspectives as part of our Design in the Open Challenge, a professional development opportunity offered by Designers for Learning. Within this self-paced course, you’ll network with others as you undertake short challenges geared toward cultivating your professional presence within your chosen field. In this interview, Christy Tucker, a Learning Design Consultant with Syniad Learning, considers themes forwarded in the book Show your Work: 10 ways to share your creativity and get discovered by Austin Kleon. Read more …
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This video is one in a series of interviews conducted to gather additional perspectives as part of our Design in the Open Challenge, a professional development opportunity offered by Designers for Learning. Within this self-paced course, you’ll network with others as you undertake short challenges geared toward cultivating your professional presence within your chosen field. In this interview, Jeff Goumas, Founding Director and President at CrowdED Learning and a member of Designers for Learning’s board, considers themes forwarded in the book Show your Work: 10 ways to share your creativity and get discovered by Austin Kleon. Read more …
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November 28th is #GivingTuesday. As we kick off this charitable season, please consider supporting Designers for Learning’s adult basic education mission. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, we rely on those in our network to help us help others through donations and enrollment in our professional development experiences. As you consider ways to give back this holiday season, we’ve pulled together several ways you can provide your financial support. Any way you choose to give and any amount is appreciated! Read more …
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This Designers for Learning webcast was part of our Designer Dialogues webcast series held on Thursday, November 9, 2017.
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This Designers for Learning webcast was part of our Designer Dialogues webcast series held on Thursday, October 12, 2017.
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Designers for Learning is thrilled to announce we are now a member of the Chicago Literacy Alliance, an association of over 100 agencies operating to help meet literacy needs for people of all ages and backgrounds. This is a big step in our strategic direction, and we couldn’t be more excited to be selected for membership in this amazing organization. Read more …
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This Designers for Learning webcast was part of our Mobile Learning Strategies Design Sprint held on Tuesday, August 22, 2017.
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This Designers for Learning webcast was part of our Mobile Learning Strategies Design Sprint held on Tuesday, July 18, 2017.
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This Designers for Learning webcast was part of our Mobile Learning Strategies Design Sprint held on Monday, June 12, 2017.
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This Designers for Learning webcast was part of our Education Impact Day, a 12-hour webcast-athon held on Saturday, November 12, 2016 featuring 12 featured speakers. This is a recording of our conversation with Eugene G. Kowch, Associate Professor at the University of Calgary.
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This Designers for Learning webcast was part of our Education Impact Day, a 12-hour webcast-athon held on Saturday, November 12, 2016 featuring 12 featured speakers. This is a recording of our conversation with Jared Stein of Canvas by Instructure.
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This Designers for Learning webcast was part of our Education Impact Day, a 12-hour webcast-athon held on Saturday, November 12, 2016 featuring 12 featured speakers. This is a recording of our conversation with Camille Dickson-Deane, Educational-Instructional Designer/Lecturer at The University of Melbourne, Australia.
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This Designers for Learning webcast was part of our Education Impact Day, a 12-hour webcast-athon held on Saturday, November 12, 2016 featuring 12 featured speakers. This is a recording of our conversation with Mizuko Ito, Professor at the University of California, Irvine.
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This Designers for Learning webcast was part of our Education Impact Day, a 12-hour webcast-athon held on Saturday, November 12, 2016 featuring 12 featured speakers. This is a recording of our conversation with Paula Escuadra, Head of Content Partnerships at Collective Shift.
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This Designers for Learning webcast was part of our Education Impact Day, a 12-hour webcast-athon held on Saturday, November 12, 2016 featuring 12 featured speakers. This is a recording of our conversation with Drew Davidson, Director and Teaching Professor with Carnegie Mellon’s Entertainment Technology Center.
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This Designers for Learning webcast was part of our Education Impact Day, a 12-hour webcast-athon held on Saturday, November 12, 2016 featuring 12 featured speakers. This is a recording of our conversation with Monica W. Tracey, Associate Professor of Learning Design and Technology in the College of Education at Wayne State University.
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This Designers for Learning webcast was part of our Education Impact Day, a 12-hour webcast-athon held on Saturday, November 12, 2016 featuring 12 featured speakers. This is a recording of our conversation with Ali Carr-Chellman, Dean of the College of Education & Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Idaho.
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This Designers for Learning webcast was part of our Education Impact Day, a 12-hour webcast-athon held on Saturday, November 12, 2016 featuring 12 featured speakers. This is a recording of our conversation with Patti Constantakis, Director of Adult Learning Initiatives at Digital Promise.
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This Designers for Learning webcast was part of our Education Impact Day, a 12-hour webcast-athon held on Saturday, November 12, 2016 featuring 12 featured speakers. This is a recording of our conversation with Lisa Petrides.
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This Designers for Learning webcast was part of our Education Impact Day, a 12-hour webcast-athon held on Saturday, November 12, 2016 featuring 12 featured speakers. This is a recording of our conversation with Robert Russell, Program Director, Education & Human Resources with the National Science Foundation.
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This Designers for Learning webcast was part of our Education Impact Day, a 12-hour webcast-athon held on Saturday, November 12, 2016 featuring 12 featured speakers. This is a recording of our conversation with Heidi Silver-Pacuilla, U.S. Department of Education Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE).
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Designers for Learning will be hosting a booth at the Association for Educational Communication & Technology (AECT) annual convention in the exhibitor area from Tuesday, October 18th through Friday, October 21st. As a nonprofit with service-learning mission, our focus is on educational impact. If you will be at the conference, please stop by to share your stories of impact (your past successes, current initiatives, and needed innovations). During the conference, keep an eye on twitter where we will post your stories under the hashtag #EdImpact16. Read more …
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This Designers for Learning webinar was the second live session during the implementation of the Fall 2016 Open ABE service MOOC held on Thursday, October 6th, 2016. Read more …
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Join us on Saturday, November 12th for a 12-hour Education Impact Day webcast-athon where we will engage in a global conversation to discuss one important question, “What impact will you make?” Read more …
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Welcome to week 3 of the #OpenABE service-MOOC! Here are some reminders and updates as the majority of us work our way through Module 1 of the course. Read more …
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We had an exciting first week of course introductions with participants from around the world. While Designers for Learning is based in the United States, 20% of the participants who completed the Welcome Survey are from outside North America, and English is not the primary language for 15% in the class. In addition, we have a highly educated and ambitious group with 93% holding a Bachelor’s degree or higher, and 66% with a Master’s degree or higher! If you are taking this course to expand your opportunities, you aren’t alone as 55% noted their primary reason for joining the class is to gain skills for a new career or promotion at work. Read more …
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This Designers for Learning webinar was the first live session during the implementation of the Fall 2016 Open ABE service MOOC held on Thursday, September 15th, 2016. Read more …
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This is the official kickoff to our open service course designed and managed by an all volunteer team of facilitators and subject matter experts with Designers for Learning, a nonprofit with a mission to provide instructional support through service-learning. We are excited to partner with you to make an impact designing instructional materials for adults with low math and literacy skills. Read more …
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This Designers for Learning webinar was the second and final planning meeting with the facilitation team prior to the implementation of the Fall 2016 Open ABE service MOOC held on Thursday, August 25th. Course facilitators discussed the upcoming course that begins September 12, 2016. Read more …
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Designers for Learning has loaded our fall calendar with exciting professional development and networking events. Take a look at the many ways you can get involved with our nonprofit to take part in professional development opportunities that will help you gain instructional design experience and expand your network of contacts in the field. Read more …
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This Designers for Learning webinar was the first formal planning meeting with the facilitation team prior to the implementation of the Fall 2016 Open ABE service MOOC held on Wednesday, August 3rd. Course facilitators discussed the upcoming course that begins September 12, 2016. Read more …
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Enrollment is open for our next free open service course managed by Designers for Learning, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the United States that coordinates service-learning opportunities for those who want to gain experience creating instruction to support important social causes. This 12-week course will take place September 12 – December 4, 2016 on Canvas Network, a massive open online course (MOOC) platform. Enroll now for free, or check out the frequently asked questions page on our website for details about the course. Read more …
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As we head into the final week of our #openabe service-MOOC, I want to thank the designers, facilitators, and 2,000+ participants who joined us in this course. Since we will be shifting our attention to preparing for our next course on Canvas Network, we ask participants to submit their lesson deliverables by July 1st in order to receive a badge and certificate for the course. We have a fantastic roster of resources within OER Commons, and I hope we can finish strong this final week by adding your lesson, as well. Read more …
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Designers for Learning is honored to be the recipient of the 2016 AECT Outstanding Practice Award from the organization’s Division of Design and Development. Congratulations to our #openabe service-MOOC design and facilitation team! Read more …
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Happy birthday … to us!
One year ago this week, Designers for Learning received our 501(c)(3) approval from the U.S. government granting us official status as a nonprofit public charity. While it took over a year from our August 2014 incorporation in the State of Illinois to receive final approval, it was worth the wait! Read more …
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We have one more month left in our #openabe service-MOOC course extension. For those who have recently enrolled, our original course end date was May 15th, but we worked with Canvas Network to extend the course to July 1st to accommodate those who requested more time to finish their lessons. With a month left, you have plenty of support and encouragement to design on!! Read more …
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We recently collaborated on a writeup about our #openabe instructional design service-MOOC for the Digital Promise website. Read more …
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We just received word that two proposals involving Designers for Learning team members were accepted for #OpenEd16 in Richmond, VA November 2-4, 2016. Read more …
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This Designers for Learning webcast was the fourth (and final) meeting during the implementation of the Spring 2016 Open ABE service MOOC held on Thursday, April 28th. Course participants were joined by a few course facilitators and subject matter experts to discuss questions about their projects, as well as ideas for the next time this course is offered in September 2016. Follow the course at https://learn.canvas.net/courses/903 through May 15, 2016.
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This Designers for Learning webcast was the third meeting during the implementation of the Open ABE service MOOC held on Thursday, March 31st. Dr. John Baaki was the host of the conversation, and was joined by a few course facilitators and subject matter experts, as well as panel of participants from this course who shared their perspectives as educators working with our target audience of adult learners, including Ruth Sugar, Patricia Hernandez, Alfons Prince, and Magxina Wageman. Follow the course at https://learn.canvas.net/courses/903 through May 15, 2016.
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Designers for Learning is hosting a free webinar tomorrow as part of our instructional design service-MOOC, as well as updates about three upcoming conferences where participants from our projects will be presenting. Read more …
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This Designers for Learning webcast was the second meeting during the implementation of the Open ABE service MOOC held on Thursday, March 10th. Follow the course at https://learn.canvas.net/courses/903 through May 15, 2016.
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Designers for Learning invites you to join us as we participate in Open Education Week! Open Education Week is coordinated by the The Open Education Consortium, an association of hundreds of institutions and organizations around the world committed to the ideals of open education. From March 7th – 11th, participants around the globe will come together to showcase what they’re doing to make education more open, free, and available to everyone. Read more …
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This Designers for Learning webcast was the first meeting during the implementation of the Open ABE service MOOC held on Thursday, February 25th. Follow the course at https://learn.canvas.net/courses/903 through May 15, 2016.
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This Designers for Learning webinar was a meeting of facilitators of the Open ABE service MOOC held on Thursday, February 18th. We reviewed important deadlines and MOOC / Canvas Updates. Follow the project at http://studio.designersforlearning.org/fall2015openabedesign/.
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This Designers for Learning webinar was a meeting of facilitators of the Open ABE service MOOC held on Monday, February 8th. We reviewed important deadlines and MOOC / Canvas Updates. Follow the project at http://studio.designersforlearning.org/fall2015openabedesign/.
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This Designers for Learning webinar was a meeting of facilitators of the Open ABE service MOOC held on Thursday, January 28th. We reviewed important deadlines and MOOC / Canvas Updates. Follow the project at http://studio.designersforlearning.org/fall2015openabedesign/.
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We are excited to announce enrollment is open for our latest free open service course managed by Designers for Learning. This 12-week course will take place February 22 – May 15, 2016 on Canvas Network, a massive open online course (MOOC) platform. Enroll now for free, or check out the frequently asked questions page on our website for details about the course. Read more …
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We are excited to announce enrollment is open for our latest free open service course managed by Designers for Learning. This 12-week course will take place February 22 – May 15, 2016 on Canvas Network, a massive open online course (MOOC) platform. Enroll now for free, or check out the frequently asked questions page on our website for details about the course. Read more …
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This Designers for Learning webinar was a meeting of facilitators of the Open ABE service MOOC held on Thursday, January 7th. Follow the project at http://studio.designersforlearning.org/fall2015openabedesign/. We reviewed: 1) Important deadlines, 2) MOOC / Canvas Updates, 3) OER Commons, 4) Promoting the MOOC. Follow the project at http://studio.designersforlearning.org/fall2015openabedesign/.
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This Designers for Learning webinar was a meeting of design team members of the Open ABE service MOOC held on Wednesday, December 16th. Follow the project at http://studio.designersforlearning.org/fall2015openabedesign/. We reviewed: 1) Important deadlines, 2) Deliverables – Toward a common language, 3) Open design questions, 4) Plans for facilitation, 5) Plans to promote the service MOOC, 6) Quick review of Canvas development (to date). Follow the project at http://studio.designersforlearning.org/fall2015openabedesign/.
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We are excited to join members of the adult education community during the Commission on Adult Basic Education conference (#COABE16) in Dallas, TX on April 10-13, 2016. In addition, our team of volunteer designers, subject matter experts, and facilitators are in the final stages of the design process for our next service-learning experience, an open service MOOC on the Canvas.net platform. Read more …
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This Designers for Learning webinar was a meeting of design team members of the Open ABE service MOOC held on Wednesday, December 2nd. Follow the project at http://studio.designersforlearning.org/fall2015openabedesign/. We reviewed: 1) Important deadlines, 2) Deliverables – Toward a common language, 3) Open design questions, 4) Plans for facilitation, 5) Plans to promote the service MOOC, 6) Quick review of Canvas development (to date). Follow the project at http://studio.designersforlearning.org/fall2015openabedesign/.
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This Designers for Learning webinar was a special meeting for the Adult Learning Zone Design Team held on Thursday, November 12th. We reviewed our plans to utilize OER Commons to house the deliverables created by service learners in our upcoming open service MOOC. We reviewed each designer’s assignments, including (a) utilizing OER Commons groups to house deliverables, (b) developing a Style Guide for MOOC participants, (c) using Open Author to develop the final deliverables, and (d) designing the last three learning modules of the MOOC to address these topics. Follow the project at http://studio.designersforlearning.org/fall2015openabedesign/.
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This Designers for Learning webinar was a meeting for the Open ABE Design Team held on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Each designer reviewed the next iteration of their design plans for our open online course based on their designer assignments. Follow the project at http://studio.designersforlearning.org/fall2015openabedesign/.
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This Designers for Learning webinar was a special meeting for the Adult Learning Zone Design Team held on Thursday, October 29th. We reviewed our plans to utilize OER Commons to house the deliverables created by service learners in our upcoming open service MOOC. We reviewed each designer’s assignments, including (a) utilizing OER Commons groups to house deliverables, (b) developing a Style Guide for MOOC participants, (c) using Open Author to develop the final deliverables, and (d) designing the last three learning modules of the MOOC to address these topics. Follow the project at http://studio.designersforlearning.org/fall2015openabedesign/.
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This Designers for Learning webinar was a special meeting for the Open ABE Design Team and SMEs held on Wednesday, October 28, 2015. Each designer reviewed the next iteration of their design plans for our open online course based on their designer assignments. Follow the project at http://studio.designersforlearning.org/fall2015openabedesign/.
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We are excited to join members of the instructional design community during the 2015 AECT annual convention November 4-7, 2015 in Indianapolis, IN. Designers for Learning will have a strong presence at the conference, including participants at our exhibit booth and facilitating four sessions. In addition, our team of volunteer designers, subject matter experts, and facilitators are deep into the design process of our next service-learning experience. Read more …
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This Designers for Learning webinar was a special meeting for the Open ABE Design Team held on Wednesday, October 14, 2015. Each designer reviewed their design plans for our open online course based on their designer assignments. Follow the project at http://studio.designersforlearning.org/fall2015openabedesign/.
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This Designers for Learning webinar was a special meeting for the Adult Learning Zone Design Team held on Thursday, October 8th. We reviewed the opportunity to utilize OER Commons to house the deliverables created by service learners in our upcoming MOOC. We divided assignments, including (a) reaching out to OER Commons for requirements to create a hub or microsite and (b) developing a Style Guide for MOOC participants. Follow the project at http://studio.designersforlearning.org/fall2015openabedesign/.
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This Designers for Learning webinar was a special meeting for the Adult Learning Zone Design Team held on Thursday, September 10th. We reviewed the design plan for this project team, and divided designer assignments. Follow the project at http://studio.designersforlearning.org/fall2015openabedesign/.
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This Designers for Learning webinar was a special meeting for the Open ABE Design Team held on Wednesday, September 9th. We reviewed the design plan for our open online course, and divided designer assignments. http://studio.designersforlearning.org/fall2015openabedesign/
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This Designers for Learning webinar was held on Wednesday, September 2nd at 7 p.m. (CDT). We kicked off our latest project with a brief live webinar to welcome volunteers to our latest instructional design project. The objective of the webinar was to (a) welcome volunteers to the project team, (b) provide a general overview of the project, and (c) field questions / comments about direction and next steps.
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We are pleased to announce the team of volunteers (see team roster here) for our next Designers for Learning service project. As part of our recent Call for Volunteers, we received applications from 31 experienced instructional designers and professional educators with academic and work backgrounds in either adult basic education or instructional design. Most applicants had advanced degrees in education, and all had years of applicable work experience. While we will have opportunities for everyone to participate in the future, those applicants with the most relevant experience were selected for the available positions on this project, and we are thrilled to benefit from their expertise.
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We are announcing a limited Call for Volunteers for our next Designers for Learning service project. The Call is limited in that we are seeking assistance from subject matter experts in either adult basic education or instructional design (or both) to help us with the design and facilitation of our Spring 2016 service project. Applications are due
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This Designers for Learning webinar was held on July 28, 2015. The purpose of the webcast was to discuss plans for our next service-learning project with those who have expressed interest in participating in the design and / or facilitation of the next iteration of our Designers for Learning service-learning projects that focus on the instructional design of open educational resources (OER) for adult basic education.
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In this open house webinar held on June 23, 2015, several participants from our recent instructional design service-learning cohort joined us to showcase their design work and describe the experience. We also spent a few minutes talking about upcoming plans for our fall project.
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Please join our next Designers for Learning webinar on Tuesday, June 23rd at 6 p.m. (Eastern) where we will showcase the designs of the student volunteers involved in our recent service-learning cohort. The instructional design project was facilitated by members of the Graduate Student Assembly (GSA) of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) and Designers for Learning, a nonprofit organization that
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Tracee Vetting Wolf joined us on Friday, June 5, 2015 to share her experiences designing and facilitating an open online course on the Canvas Network platform. Wendy Gentry and Jennifer Maddrell shared design ideas we are contemplating for the next iteration of our Designers for Learning service-learning projects, and discussed with Tracee the impact of designing and facilitating a significantly larger scale experience than we have tackled to date. To connect with Tracee and her work, please visit her website at www.traceevettingwolf.com.
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This webcast was held on April 14, 2015 as part of our Spring 2015 service-learning project. Linked here is the agenda with notes from the session. Please follow along with us this semester at the students’ design studio at: http://studio.designersforlearning.org/spring2015gch/
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This webcast was held on March 18, 2015 as part of our Spring 2015 service-learning project. Linked here is the agenda with notes from the session. Please follow along with us this semester at the students’ design studio at: http://studio.designersforlearning.org/spring2015gch/
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It is about time! Here is our “official” Designers for Learning page on LinkedIn. Welcome us to 2002! https://www.linkedin.com/company/designers-for-learning+ If you are (or were) a student, faculty, or other volunteer on a project facilitated by Designers for Learning, feel free to update your profile to link to this Designers for Learning company page and describe
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This webcast was held on February 11, 2015 as part of our Spring 2015 service-learning project. Please follow along with us this semester at the students’ design studio at: http://studio.designersforlearning.org/spring2015gch/
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This webcast was held on January 28, 2015 to kickoff our Spring 2015 service-learning projects. Please follow along with us this semester at the students’ design studio at: http://studio.designersforlearning.org/spring2015gch/
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: Final Reminder – Call for Volunteers deadline to apply is January 2, 2015 : Call for Volunteers: Our current Call for Volunteers is closing soon for our next 15-week service-learning project. We are excited to announce that his project will be facilitated by members of the Graduate Student Assembly (GSA) of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), and in partnership with Designers for
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We just confirmed our Designers for Learning exhibit at the AECT Convention November 4th – 8th in Jacksonville, FL. Special thanks to Phil Harris for his help! Please stop by our booth at the convention, and see many of our students and faculty participants in several sessions in the program. See you there!
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Join us for our next Designers for Learning webcast on Tuesday, August 19th at 1:00 p.m. (EDT). Here is the start time in your area: http://goo.gl/JsDZXu. Connect to the online webcast at https://designersforlearning.org/live. Joining the webcast to discuss instructional design and research projects at Penn State University and Designers for Learning are: Roy Clariana: http://www.ed.psu.edu/lps/ldt/research/roy-b-clariana Jason Engerman: https://plus.google.com/102046540402620208132/about Simon Hooper: http://www.ed.psu.edu/lps/ldt/research/simon-hooper Jennifer
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Please mark your calendar for Thursday, March 27th at 7:00 p.m. CDT for our next live Grace Centers of Hope service-learning project webinar. See the full announcement with information on how to connect to the webinar here: https://sites.google.com/site/oerforccr/webinar-live The confirmed panelists include: – Gabrielle Blake, Project Manager – Eric Ludwig, Coordinating Designer, Pilot B1 In this
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Please mark your calendar for Tuesday, February 25th at 3:00 p.m. CST for our next live Grace Centers of Hope service-learning project webinar*. Here is the start time in your area … http://bitly.com/gchfeb25. Gabrielle Blake and I will provide an update on the project, and open the floor to questions from project team members and others. For more information
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I am pleased to announce the kick-off of the first service-learning project facilitated by Designers for Learning! Please see the full announcement on the collaborative design space for the project. While we had hoped to have sufficient interest to secure 12 student volunteers on three project teams, the Call for Volunteers resulted a much larger pool
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Just a quick reminder that we are winding down the Call for Volunteers for the first three pilot service-learning projects facilitated by Designers for Learning. The deadline to complete the online application is midnight CST on Friday, January 31st. The final project teams will be announced on the February 15th kick-off. The focus of the
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Please join us at https://designersforlearning.org/live for our next Designers for Learners webcast on Thursday, January 23rd at 11:00 a.m. CST. Here is the start time in your area: http://bitly.com/d4lwebcastJan23. Jennifer Maddrell will be joined by Dr. Brent Wilson, Professor at the University of Colorado – Denver in the School of Education and Human Development … see http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/SchoolOfEducation/FacultyandResearch/Pages/BrentGWilson.aspx. The webcast will
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Please see the Call for Volunteers for three pilot service-learning instructional design projects facilitated by Designers for Learning! The focus of these pilot projects is the design of open educational resources and instruction for college and career readiness. Information about the projects and the application process is described in the call, as well as at the collaborative design space
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Please join us at https://designersforlearning.org/live for our next Designers for Learners webcast on Wednesday, December 4th at 1:00 p.m. CST. Here is the start time in your area: http://bitly.com/1aN32cy. The webcast will focus on opportunities to develop service-learning and Open Educational Resource (OER) projects to support General Educational Development (GED) test preparation. Our guests for the webcast have extensive
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Schedule Update: Join Us Monday, November 18th for our next live webcast! Please join us at https://designersforlearning.org/live for our next Designers for Learning webcast on Monday, November 18th at noon CST. For the start time in your area: http://bitly.com/1cM1tTG. Once the webcast is underway, the stream will be broadcast at https://designersforlearning.org/live. In addition, feel free to
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Designers for Learning is an exhibitor at the 2013 AECT International Convention in Anaheim, CA. Stop by and chat about how Designers for Learning works with faculty and students to pair with nonprofits in service-learning projects!
Please join us Wednesday, August 28th at noon EDT for our next Designers for Learning webcast at EdTechTalk.com. See the start time where you live: http://bitly.com/d4lAug28 To view the live stream of the webcast, please head over to http://edtechtalk.com/live/D4L Our guest this week is Maureen Barry, a librarian at Wright State University Libraries in Dayton,
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The voters have spoken! Please join us Wednesday, August 7th for our next Designers for Learning webcast at http://edtechtalk.com/live/D4L … See the start time where you live at http://bitly.com/d4lAug7th
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On January 8th, Impact Engine held their Community Demo Day in Chicago. The purpose of the event was to showcase their first cohort of early stage companies, each setting up for-profit businesses to address social and environmental challenges. A question to explore … What problems / opportunities / needs do these organizations have that could be addressed by the instructional design community?
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