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Learning design

Active learning by design: From principles to practice

A professional learning designed to:

develop the pedagogical knowledge of active learning design principles and practices;

guide educators through the process of conducting an active learning course review;

support educators through the instructional design process of creating an active learning unit of study for their respective discipline.
Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR)

A professional learning designed to:

introduce Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) projects that positions learners as lead investigators into a issues that matters to them;

unpack the pedagogical benefits of YPAR to foster learner voice and agency; to engage in inquiry, to analyze findings, and to communicate implications;

unpack the potential learning outcomes of YPAR to foster systems thinking, collaboration, and information literacy as learners critically examine independently researched information against primary and peer reviewed sources.
From learning design to learning outcomes analytics

A professional learning designed to:

support educators in mapping students’ learning experiences to disciplinary standards and higher order skills and generating learning outcomes data by course, program, and/or discipline.

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