Deeper Learning 2023

What if educators could co-design joyful, creative, and actively inclusive learning environments within their classrooms and school communities? In this energetic, interactive deep dive, participants will learn the praxis (and a touch of theory) of Open Design, an equity-centered innovation methodology founded on the open source principles of active inclusivity, transparency, and collaboration. Oriented around some of the complex challenges confronting educators and students, participants will engage Open Design to understand lived experiences through empathy-centered interviewing, create prototype solutions through brainstorming informed by bravery and vulnerability, evaluate prototypes through authentic feedback and iteration, and share ideas for implementing prototypes in local contexts. Join us as we reflect upon and create the conditions for community-centered, equity-focused transformative change!