Co-designing with Learners

About This Session

Description

Are you looking for ways to create more buy-in from your learners? Try co-designing!

In this workshop, Keighty and Sarah will talk about how they’ve used co-design strategies to boost engagement and help learners build ownership of their education.
Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their own teaching practices and brainstorm ways to bring co-design into their own classrooms and program processes.

What we'll cover:

This workshop will introduce educators collaborative design strategies. Attendees will get ideas for fostering engagement, inclusion, and shared ownership of learning through co-design with learners.

In this session, we’ll:

  • Define co-design and how it applies to classroom teaching
  • Identify strategies for setting student-centered goals
  • Compare examples of co-design in different contexts

Topics & Focus

Primary Topic Area
topic - diversity, equity & inclusion
Session will also cover:
topic - instructional theory, methodology, research
topic - library programs

Assigned by TCALL

Pending

PD LIT
PD PAL
PD other

Handouts & Materials

No handouts or materials available at this time.

“Name of Session” – session presentation slides (PDF)

Name of Document – lesson sample (PDF)

Name of Document (PDF)

Name of Document – infographic (JPG)

Presenters

Ward-Keighty

Keighty Ward
Community Literacy Program Director
Literacy Works

Glazer, Sarah 300px

Sarah Glazer
Clear Language Lab Senior Program Manager
Literacy Works

Audience
ROLE classroom instructors
Level
LEVEL beginner
Case study?
EXHIBITOR NO
Promotion?
EXHIBITOR NO
Other info:

Collaborative Notes Document

NOTE: This is an additional resource; you don’t need to bring a device to be able to participate fully in this session.

Breakout25 – WARD

Page checked or updated: 6/24/2025

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