Design, Perspective Taking, and Systems Thinking

I recently published a piece of systems change in education with Steven Weiner and Punya Mishra. Read more here. Weiner, S., Warr, M., & Mishra, P. (2020). Fostering system-level perspective-taking when designing for change in educational systems. Tech Trends.

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New Publications in TechTrends

Two new publications in TechTrends: Creativity and Play with Sandra Russ and online critical dialogue​ Creativity and Play Shagun Singha and I interviewed creativity and play expert Dr. Sandra Russ for the latest in the Deep Play Research Group’s series on creative experts. We were inspired by her dedication to supporting children’s creativity through play. Singha, S., […]

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Rah Rah Process Design!

Rah Rah Process Design! 3/7/2020 0 Comments Some thoughts about–and tools for–process design. Three cheers for process design! Rah rah process design! Process design supports all design!Rah rah process design! Process design scaffolds creativity!Rah rah process design! Process designs iterate! Read my Talking About Design post! ​Process design tools (for facilitation work and lesson planning): […]

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Principled Innovation + Design

Thanks to Claire Gilbert and others in the Office of Scholarship and Innovation at Arizona State University for producing new videos based on a framework I worked on last summer! ​Read More!

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ETR&D: Designing Theory

New publication in Educational Technology Research and Development! ​Read the full article here. Read an introduction by Punya Mishra here. Thanks to Punya Mishra for the image!

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Building Knowledge with Creative Tools

This semester, I have been experimenting with creative interview protocols. Here’s a 3 minute video I created about it. I’m continuing to explore these ideas through my dissertation. You can learn more about Liz Lerman’s Atlas of Creative Tools on her website.

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Returning to Embodied Creative Experiences

Yesterday I had the honor of interviewing Paula Thomson and Victoria Jaque, creativity researchers from the Kinesiology Department at CSU-Northridge. And it was fascinating. Dr. Thomson is a dancer, choreographer, and psychologist. When she interviewed for her position and CSU, she met Dr. Jaque. Dr. Jaque comes from an exercise science background and studied physiology in athletes. They […]

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The Node Chair

One winter morning, I walked into a classroom at Brigham Young University. Then I walked back out. Then I walked in again…was I in the right place? Was I in the right century? Instead of the familiar octagon-shaped tables that we usually crowded around for assessment class, there were a whole bunch of these all […]

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