Learning Environments – Rethink Learning Design

Open Learning Design: Principles and Practices

In this contribution the authors will guide you through an exploration of first the principles and then a conceptual framework for the potential of open learning design in a variety of contexts. Prompt To start this activity, first add your perspectives to the Open Learning Design (OLD) Jamboard where you are asked the question “What […]

Using Simulations as an Instructional Strategy in Public Safety Education

Public institutions and corporations have been designing and using simulations in face-to-face, online, and virtual environments for a variety of purposes. Yet simulation can be a discombobulated concept for many, including ourselves in instructional design and educational technology. This article aims to give a brief introduction about how simulation is used in education, how simulation […]

Control by Design: Examining the Design of Digital Learning Environments

All designs, be it the design of buildings, the design of tools, or the design of technologies, assume and frequently impose certain expectations on how users will use the building, tool or technology. Designs offer varying degrees of flexibility or control in how they can be used. In the design of digital learning environments, instructors […]

Co-creating Places for Learning

When a person walks into their home, they likely feel an instant sense of familiarity and connection. In contrast, walking into a doctor’s office, a library, or a classroom may invoke very different feelings in individuals because of multiple influences including the way the space is set up and the individual’s lived experiences, culture, and […]

Decolonizing and Opening the Academy via Study Abroad

A large sculpture of metal feathers with the sky in the backround.

kīyohkēwin is the Cree word for visiting. It is always good when we can make the time to visit, find our laughter, share our stories, and remember. Often there is food, learning, and inspiring conversations. So I’ve named our podcast to honour this. Began In 2018, I had the opportunity to take a study […]

Practice Example: Managing Change Activity

The following activity was used in a leadership in digital learning course to help pilot the Rethink Learning resource model. It is a learning design that focuses on choice and prompts learners to use the perspective framework to respond, reframe or rethink to current practice problems that have been shared by colleagues who take a […]