Learning Design Agendas
We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience.
Welcome to Learning Design in Rocky View Schools
These agendas, articles, lessons, stories and posts chronicle the evolution of Professional Learning Design in Rocky View Schools, Alberta, Canada. Check in to stay up to date with the Professional Learning opportunities from the RVS Learning Design Team in #rvsed.
The RockyDocs Showcase
The RockyDocs series of short films documents the learning journey of Rocky View Schools over the past decade. Enjoy this showcase of learning stories that feature student voice, experience and creativity!
The RVS Animation Collection
Whether we are designing learning at school, at home, online and on the land, we use the design process of Discover, Define, Develop and Document to create memorable experiences for students. The process is illustrated beautifully in the RVS Animation Collection of...
Ancestral Footsteps
In this series of RockyDocs, join Blackfoot Elder, Saa'kokoto on a journey with Na'a, Mother Earth, to learn more about Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Learning with the Land.
Virtual Design Lab
The Virtual Design Lab was created during #RVSedLearningFromHome so that we could design learning to engages every student and mentor them for success and well-being even when separated. When we moved learning online, new barriers and opportunities emerged, but we...
Learning Design Interviews
Learning Design Interviews...Rocky View Schools is full of Innovators who design engaging learning. As we navigate teaching and learning under these difficult circumstances, we wanted to connect with some of the teachers who are trailblazing a path forward for their...
Online Idea Incubator
Big Idea Learning online is still learning. We need to design learning so that every student is engaged and every student can be successful. When you move the learning online, new barriers and opportunities emerge. What we can’t lose sight of is the student. Our...
Create & Curate Your Channel
Launch Your Channel! Since schools closed, many teachers want to connect with their students in a personal way, and a short video recording is a great way to share a personal message that they can enjoy any time. This challenge begins by recording yourself on your...
REdesign “home” learning spaces – #RVSedLearningfromhome
Welcome to our asynchronous digital cohort of how to design a learning space for #RVSEDLearningfromhome. This tool is meant to provide a shell of how teachers might approach this process with their students, amplifying the need for a dedicated home learning space for...
How to Design Anything: Designing Powerful Learning in your Classroom
Big Idea: The Rocky View Learning Department supports teachers and leaders who have innovative ideas and provides opportunities for them to collaborate on current initiatives and to inspire new ones.Be Fully PresentBring a Creative Commons MindsetAdopt a beginner’s...
Herons Crossing: GIANTS are…
Big Idea Identity is important. Our students and staff will be connected with Herons Crossing and it will be a part of their identity, we have an obligation to help craft that in a positive way. Driving Questions What do we mean by School Identity and why is it...
Langdon PL Day March 16
Big Ideas: Introduction to the Learning Design Process Deliverable: Reflect on a lesson/project Visual Reflection of our Learning Journey March 16, 2020 Intro to Design Team www.makinglearningvisible.com Virtual Learning Walk Phenomenological Improv...
Designing Powerful Learning in your Classroom
Big Idea: The Rocky View Learning Department supports teachers and leaders who have innovative ideas and provides opportunities for them to collaborate on current initiatives and to inspire new ones. Be Fully Present Bring a Creative Commons Mindset Adopt a beginner’s...
Day 2: Learning Design with Instructional Leaders and U of C education students
Big Idea: How might intentionally design learning to be engaging and authentic? Be Fully Present Bring a Creative Commons Mindset Adopt a beginner’s mindset W.A.I.T. Why am I talking? Take Risks and Fail Forward Make Learning Visible How might we better support our...
Manachaban: Hitting the ground running in April.
Big Idea Instructional design requires attention in 4 areas: Know your Content, Know your Students, Design Powerful Learning, Communication of Student Learning. Literacy and Numeracy are present in all disciplines, and all teachers are Literacy and Numeracy...
Innovators are….REdesigners of learning spaces Day 2
Big Idea: How might we Redesign space to Redesign teaching and learning? Be Fully Present Bring a Creative Commons Mindset Adopt a beginner’s mindset W.A.I.T. Why am I talking? Take Risks and Fail Forward Make Learning Visible How might we create learning spaces that...
Designing Powerful PL: February 27, 2020
Norms These are our ground rules for collaboration. Big Idea In Rocky View Schools, we believe that professional learning should model engaging classroom learning that follows the Rocky View Design Process. This session will take participants through the Learning...
Cooper’s Crossing- February 14
Norms These are our ground rules for collaboration. Big Idea Staff at Cooper's Crossing are creative and innovative with valuable ideas to contribute and action. The design of learning requires an intentional process or journey in order to find creative solutions to...
Learning Specialist Meeting
Find the joy Be fully present and engaged Honour the collective expertise Recognize that we all contribute in a different manner Set an agenda with clear goals Agenda 12:00 Welcome (Dave) Inclusion Practice Guide (Sherri) iOS13 Challenge (Scott) ...
Innovators are…REdesigners of learning spaces
Big Idea: How might we Redesign space to Redesign teaching and learning? Be Fully Present Bring a Creative Commons Mindset Adopt a beginner’s mindset W.A.I.T. Why am I talking? Take Risks and Fail Forward Make Learning Visible How might we create learning spaces that...
We Well Being
Agenda 8:30 Introductions, Agenda and Review 9:00 Empathy Interview: How have you been putting We Well Being into action in your classroom or school? What has worked well? What has been tricky? What are your goals for today? 9:30 Learner Insights Tool: Ensuring...
NormsThese are our ground rules for collaboration.Big IdeaThe work of the Learning Department is varied and diverse, yet we all strive to improving learning for our students and teachers.Goals Developing a greater understanding of inclusion in action.January 17, 2019...
Innovators are Hackers
Be Fully PresentBring a Creative Commons MindsetAdopt a beginner’s mindsetW.A.I.T. Why am I talking?Take Risks and Fail ForwardMake Learning Visible Agenda January 20 9:30 Rosso Coffee Roasters (connected to Studio Bell) Introductions & Agenda for the...
January 13th – Learning Design with Instructional Leaders and MRU teacher candidates
Big Idea: How might we intentionally design learning to be engaging and authentic? Be Fully Present Bring a Creative Commons Mindset Adopt a beginner’s mindset W.A.I.T. Why am I talking? Take Risks and Fail Forward Make Learning Visible How might we better support our...
AE Bowers Designing Spaces for our Learners
Big Idea: The Rocky View Learning Department supports teachers and leaders who have innovative ideas and provides opportunities for them to collaborate on current initiatives and to inspire new ones. These are our ground rules for collaboration. How might we better...