Welcome to the Design for Learning Co-Lab, an online initiative powered by the Education Market Association (EDmarket). This collaborative platform is where scholars, educators, designers, industry leaders, and visionaries come together sharing a common understanding that the design of place matters. Through thought leadership and community engagement the Design for Learning Co-Lab's work bridges evidence-based research with practical applications, helping all work together reimagining learning experiences in learning places for our learners' tomorrow — today!
Research evidence in the past five-years has proven that the design of learning environments will either positively or negatively impact learning outcomes.
This evidence verifies that the design of space matters! Yet, we continue to build classrooms with row-by-column seating and use passive teaching strategies. WHY? We have created the Design for Learning Co-Lab [Co-Lab] to bring together innovators and allied industries to chart true future-focused learning experiences and environments for all. No excuses!
We are collecting the most impactful research, observing the most effective design solutions, and building a comprehensive synthesis of these so this knowledge reaches more educators, more education decision-makers, and more designers ensuring all learning experiences and environments are built on this evidence.
Are you an education innovator, either inside or outside of the classroom? DO you know it can be better, should be better, must be better? THEN join us:
Contact us to learn more about volunteer roles and partnership options. And get ready to help re-envision learning experiences and places by joining this effort!
Our leadership team combines deep expertise in scholarship, education, design, and industry. They guide the Design for Learning Co-Lab's vision and programs, working together to reimagining learning experiences in learning places for our learners' tomorrow — today!
Dr. Lennie Scott-Webber, ECLPS
INSYNC: Education Research + Design; Design for Learning Co-Lab - Senior Fellow
Jolene Levin, ECLPS
Jolene Levin, LLC; Design for Learning Co-Lab - Associate Fellow
Dave Broz, ECLPS
Columbia College Chicago; Design for Learning Co-Lab - Associate Fellow
Jim McGarry
President & CEO, EDmarket
Adrienne Dayton
EVP of Content & Learning, EDmarket
Heather Tuley, M.Ed., ECLPS
Programs & Content Director, EDmarket
Together, this team and a group of volunteer experts and advisors work tirelessly to advance the Design for Learning Co-Lab's mission to serve our community.
