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W08-6375 | How Learning Environments Shape Understanding: Design, Interaction, and Experience
“The central question animating educational design research is not simply whether something works but how a learning environment works.”~ Sandoval This article explores how thoughtful instructional…
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W07-6375 | Growth Begins Where Certainty Ends: Designing for Confidence and Revision
“Doubts in one’s creative ability can be cured by guiding people through a series of small successes.”~ Kelley & Kelley The article explains that visible thinking…
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W06-6375 | Designing for Confidence: How Feedback Shapes Learning and Agency
“To fail is to learn: we learn more from our failures than from our successes.”~ Norman This article examines how thoughtful design turns uncertainty into meaningful…
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Design Story | Coastal Motion: A Place-Based Learning Prototype for Science
The Place Where It Slows The wooden boardwalk creaks under Dylan’s sneakers as she steps out over the marsh at Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve. The air…
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W05-6375 | From Systems to Stories: Reimagining Instructional Design
“Storytelling bridges analysis and synthesis.” ~Parrish This article explores how design becomes transformative when it shifts from structure to storytelling. Instructional design is often described in…
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Extended Explanation | Coastal Motion: A Place-Based Learning Prototype for Science
Overview Science education often asks students to understand environmental systems that are dynamic, interconnected, and constantly changing. For many middle school learners, however, these concepts can…
Design. Learn. Innovate. Repeat.
To inspire creativity and innovation in learning by blending design, technology, and purposeful teaching practices.
Stefanie Cooley
Graduate Student
