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About Us

  • Design Learning Network
  • Overview of Events
  • Doris Wells-Papanek, MEd

Upcoming Network Events

  • Kansas City Challenge 2017
  • Ohio Blended Learning 2017

Recent Network Events

  • Revere HS Showcase 2017
  • Learning From Design!
  • Revere HS Challenge 2016
  • IL ASCD 2016 Workshop
  • Kansas City Challenge 2016
    • Morning Keynote, Workshop
    • About Our Keynote
    • Overview of the Challenge
    • KC Challenge Framework
    • Inspirational Videos
  • IDSA Design Swarm 2015
  • LearnxDesign Conference 2015
  • Kansas City Challenge 2015

Design Learning Pedagogy

  • STEM Links to Design Learning
  • The Design Learning Process
    • Design Learning Framework
    • Step 1 - Explore
    • Step 2 - Describe
    • Step 3 - Explain
    • Step 4 - Demonstrate
    • Step 5 - Evaluate
  • Design Learning Essentials
    • Mindset Dispositions
    • Habits of Mind
    • Ways of Thinking
    • Design Learning Research
    • Project Based Learning
    • The Human Condition
    • Engaging Today's Students

Articles and Publications

  • Wicked Insights into Design...
  • Designers of the Future
  • A Bug's Life Mini-Challenge
  • A Design Challenge to Students
  • The Plight of the Honeybee
  • Design is to Thinking as Learning...
  • Victor Papanek Going Forward
  • The World is Smaller, Design is...

Symposium 2014 Boston

  • Symposium Program Overview
  • 2014 Keynote Presentations
  • Extraordinary Workshops
  • Best Practice Presentations
  • Autodesk Design Academy
  • Symposium Challenge Overview
    • The Design Learning Process
    • Extraordinary Challenge Guide
    • Design Learning Activities
  • Buckminster Fuller's Challenge
    • Bucky's Dilemma Options
  • Dr. Feynman's Challenge
    • Feynman's Dilemma Options
  • Challenge Concept Resources
  • Design Strategy References
  • Forms of Design to Consider

IDSA Challenge 2014 Austin

  • Creative Problem Solvers Overview
  • Challenge Situation Sheets
  • Empathy Map
  • I Can Cards
  • Brainstorming Thinksheet

Kansas City Challenge 2014

  • Jobs in the Year 2050
    • KCDW Challenge 2014
    • Worldwide Preparations
    • Professional Development
    • Working Session
    • Jobs 2050 Learning Process
    • 2050 Step 1 Explore
      • Sensory Exercise
      • PRE-Assessment
    • 2050 Step 2 Describe
      • Habits of Mind Matrix
      • Describe Global Activity
    • 2050 Step 3 Explain
      • Team Plan of Action
    • 2050 Step 4 Demonstrate
    • 2050 Step 5 Evaluate
      • POST-Assessment
      • Summative Assessment
  • Jobs 2050 Info

Honeybee 2050 Challenge

  • The Honeybee in Year 2050
    • Introduction Slides
    • STEM Challenge
    • Challenge Planner
    • Open Dialogue and Keynote
    • Workshop Resources

Previous Network Activities

  • New Media Conference 2015
  • New Hampshire Ed Tech 2015
  • NAEA Convention 2014
  • NAEA Convention 2013
  • Big Data Workshop 2013
  • Symposium 2012
  • Creativity and Innovation 2012
  • Student's Design their Path 2012
  • NOCCA Design Day 2011

Challenge 2012-2013 Outcomes

  • Challenge 2013 Overview
    • Challenge Summary
    • Challenge Winners
  • Challenge Jury Members

Challenge 2011-2012 Outcomes

  • Challenge 2012 Winners
    • Raising Design Awareness
    • adVenture
    • Sole Stories Workshop
    • DLC Lighting Design
  • Challenge Jury Members
  • Challenge Facilitators
  • Challenge Sponsors

Challenge 2010-2011 Outcomes

  • Challenge 2011 Overview
    • Challenge Summary
    • Challenge Winners

References and Videos

  • Learn! 2050
  • Integrating Thinking, Learning Skills
  • Sources of Inspiration
  • Radiolab Videos
  • STEM Videos
  • Design Integration Videos
  • Objectified
  • Sample Design Learning Videos
  • Resources

Schedule at a Glance




Friday, Sept 19
Symposium 2014 Special Guest Presentation Dinner

Dr. Rex Jung
Wicked Insights into the Minds of Creative Problem Solvers


Saturday, Sept 20
Keynote Presentations, Workshops, and Reception

Dr. Robert Greenleaf, Parts 1 and 2
The Origins of Impact on Student Learning and Achievement
Mindsets – Fixed, Growth, and Implications for Learning

Dr. Rex Jung
Here Be Dragons

Meredith Davis
Preparing Critical and Creative Thinkers for School and Life

Dr. Robert Greenleaf, Part 3
Micro-feedback Formative Assessment®: Linking Teacher Practice Directly to Student Achievement


1pm-4:30pm
Workshop Sessions

Dr. Robert Greenleaf
Formative Assessment and the Design Learning Process

Meredith Davis
Integrating Critical and Creative Thinking Strategies into the Classroom

Doris Wells-Papanek
The Makings of an Extraordinary Challenge


Sunday, Sept 21 
Best Practice Presentations, Open Dialogue, and Next Steps

Lunch-time hand’s-on presentation of the Autodesk® Digital STEAM Workshop
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