Sights on EdTech 🔍 Inclusive EdTech: A Conversation with Louisa Rosenheck 🔍
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Feb 3, 2025 Louisa Rosenheck, an EdTech design expert, Harvard instructor, and former Kahoot! director, shares insights on inclusive design in educational technology. She emphasizes the importance of engaging students in the development process to create tools that benefit all learners, especially marginalized groups. Louisa discusses the need for innovative assessment methods to measure real success beyond traditional metrics. She also highlights the role of multiplayer games in enhancing STEM learning and the collaboration required between developers and educators to foster truly inclusive and effective EdTech solutions.
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Inclusive Design Starts with Flexibility
- Design for flexibility and options so diverse learners can all engage effectively.
- Focus on inclusivity by prioritizing voices and needs of marginalized learners to benefit everyone.
Co-Design Drives Inclusive Features
- Use co-design with learners to gather their preferences, like choosing to type or draw responses.
- Make learning open-ended with prompts that encourage diverse creative ideas and peer discussion.
Early Co-Design Empowers Learners
- Conduct co-design before prototypes to include learner voices and reduce designer bias.
- Facilitate playful, structured sessions to empower learners' ideas and generate rich design input.