Design Alchemy: Transforming the way we think about learning by Roderick Sims PDF

The promise of on-line learning--flexible, learner-centered, responsive--was forward-looking and poised to revolutionize schooling. yet too frequently on-line studying classes have little room for scholar engagement and their layout doesn't replicate the opportunity of interactive and collaborative learning.

Design Alchemy counters this pattern by means of synthesizing the artwork and technology of academic layout to version a complete that transcends the sum of its elements. hard but accessible,

it sincerely units out steps for harnessing leading edge suggestions and fashion designer creativity to supply academic systems that decrease learner boredom and teacher burnout, and inspire deeper interplay with subject material. actions, evaluate equipment, and pattern direction fabrics are designed towards bettering caliber, embracing range, and adapting absolutely to alter. And the book's palette of assets allows readers to successfully follow the foundations of their personal practice:

• The evolution of layout Alchemy within the context of on-line learning.
• Alignment with center theories and perform models.
• The framework: parts of pedagogy and parts of practice.
• Case reviews displaying layout Alchemy in real-world learning.
• Tools, templates, and a pattern syllabus.
• The layout Alchemy Manifesto, summarizing key ideas.

Researchers and practitioners in know-how and schooling will glance to Design Alchemy as a transformative paintings to aid utilize scholar capability, studying possibilities, and their very own expert progress.