Design for Learning: Co-designing Connection and Community

Would you like to take an introductory class to get started on how design can work for you? Are you interested in understanding theories of learning and applying them to the design of solutions for complex learning challenges? Would you like to learn design through a lens that allows us to inclusively "combine the views, input and skills of people with many different perspectives to address a specific problem?" If your answer is YES to any or all of these questions, this class is for you!In this class, you will experience the fundamentals of design, including the design abilities of learning from others, navigating ambiguity, synthesizing information, and experimenting rapidly. You will do this through tackling new design challenges of our project partner CodingPlace, a continuing open-enrollment course on computing that started in Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 as "Code-in-Place" to approximately 10,000 learners each spring. We will emphasize co-design as an approach to engage problems in deep collaboration with stakeholders.This class is open to all students, undergraduate and graduate, of any discipline. No previous design experience is required.