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Design thinking in the 21st century is an imperative

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The answer is not necessarily a new one, but it is a concept that needs more attention from educators in our modern-day classrooms: Design thinking. What is design thinking? The idea of design thinking has been around since the 1960s (Dam & Teo, 2022) but has continued to change in both name and shape over the last 60 years.

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7 discoveries from an active learning classroom

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There is a fair amount of research into the impact of classroom design on student learning. Spaces flooded with natural light that allow for a variety of learning methods and activities, and spaces that let students feel a sense of ownership over the classroom, demonstrably affect how well students learn.

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Empowering superintendents to connect technology and learning

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Once a technology plan is adopted, superintendents needs to make sure all constituents have a laser focus on implementing it as developed, evaluating successes and failures, and then discussing how to move forward. Classroom design today often looks like it did 50, or even 100, years ago with rows of desks facing the teacher.

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University of Michigan Turns Courses Into Games

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GradeCraft is an award-winning, game-oriented LMS designed to boost student engagement and motivation. They can actually learn from failure, so there is really no cost to fail. We don’t want you to be a failure. Our goal is really to help people think differently about teaching and learning,” Niemer says.

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How to Make District-Wide Innovation Personal—and Collaborative

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Arcadia took care not only to define values— collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, empathy and learning from failure—that would cut across those historical restraints, but also to implement new processes that would signal to its people that it was serious about those values.

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Flipping Faculty from Guide on the Side to Mentor in the Center

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These barriers, if not addressed, will often lead to academic failure. She is dedicated to developing positive classroom environments for students and working on flipped classroom design. After identifying the barrier to learning, the faculty mentor assists in directing the student to available resources. References.

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Flipping Faculty from Guide on the Side to Mentor in the Center

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These barriers, if not addressed, will often lead to academic failure. She is dedicated to developing positive classroom environments for students and working on flipped classroom design. After identifying the barrier to learning, the faculty mentor assists in directing the student to available resources. References.