Research Speaker Series: Fall 2023
Session 2: A Participatory Design-Based Approach to Creating Design Principles for K–12 Online Learning in Canada.
BCcampus Webinar recorded October 31, 2023.
Hosts: Gwen Nguyen and Britt Dzioba
Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Childs

Dr. Elizabeth Childs (she/her) is a professor and program head in the School of Education and Technology at Royal Roads University. She is interested in the design, creation, and implementation of flexible learning environments that incorporate technologies and provide learners with increased choice, flexibility, and opportunities. Dr. Childs’s research interests include online and blended learning, openness and open pedagogy, online learning communities and digital habitats, design thinking, and participatory design approaches.

This session showcases the shared learnings from three years of conversations with Canadian K–12 educators, discusses Design Principles for K–12 Online Learning (Crichton & Childs, 2023), talks about participatory design-based research and its value for emerging collective wisdom, and provides participants with tools to create participatory design-based research projects.

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