How reDesignED came to be

Hi, I am Christiane Reilly, the founder of reDesignED. I have been an educator all of my professional life interested in how technology can improve learning. As a former teacher, designer, director of a design team developing online courses and programs, I remain convinced that technology has the potential to improve educational access and outcomes. This is, if technology is used in a manner that it engages learners and helps them learn.

The gap

This potential, however, has yet to be reached because there remains a significant gap between what we know about learning and what we practice in the classroom, especially in the online classroom.

The challenge

Why loose sleep over that? Well, because education is in the most literal sense about our human potential. It matters because unless we address the problem, all the information in the world and all the brilliant technologies we develop will not make us smarter.

The opportunity

Surprisingly, online learning presents a unique opportunity. What are teaching practices in face-to-face instruction are design practices in online delivery. This means that the learning design is structured throughout the learning environment.

It can therefor be reviewed. It can be redesigned. It can be improved and brought into closer alignment with how people learn. As a learning scientist, there is more exciting goal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi, I am Christiane Reilly, the founder of reDesignED. I have been an educator all of my professional life interested in how technology can improve learning. As a former teacher, designer, director of a design team developing online courses and programs, I remain convinced that technology has the potential to improve educational access and outcomes. This is, if technology is used in a manner that it engages learners and helps them learn.

The gap

This potential, however, has yet to be reached because there remains a significant gap between what we know about learning and what we practice in the classroom, especially in the online classroom.

The challenge

Why loose sleep over that? Well, because education is in the most literal sense about our human potential. It matters because unless we address the problem, all the information in the world and all the brilliant technologies we develop will not make us smarter.

The opportunity

Strangely, online learning presents a unique opportunity. What are teaching practices in face-to-face instruction are design practices in online delivery. The learning design is structured throughout the learning environment.

It can therefor be reviewed. It can be redesigned. It can be improved and brought in closer alignment with how people learn. As a learning scientist, there is more exciting goal.