Why Designed Learning matters
I was researching the content for our client’s upcoming corporate training. Not one of the typical, boring ones — the eclectic, curious, engaging one that C2 Montreal delivers like no other. One of the mandated topics: “the future of education”.
The analysts were unanimous: In the upcoming decade, the pace of technology will increase at such a rate that the workforce will need to continuously update its knowledge, on the job. Yet, people are expected to be productive, functional. No longer will going back to school, or leaving for a one-week executive training, be considered viable. How we structure the information, too, will change to accommodate skills acquisition.
In parallel, participatory methods have gradually gained American businesses. Armed with post-its and tele-screens, learning is becoming more and more interactive.
In the next few weeks, and through this living documentation piece, I’m excited to take you on a journey for discovery. How may we merge these collaborative, interactive emerging forms of learning with the nascent technologies? How might we envision the learning experience of tomorrow?
And perhaps more concretely, how may I apply some of these key findings to my ongoing projects with Autism, healthcare for individuals with Limited English Proficiency, and the systems serious game to combat mental health problems brought on by discrimination.
