Framing Workshops were meant to integrate educational theory and praxis through introduction of theoretical underpinnings and frameworks relevant to various pedagogical and curricular practices, which were then leveraged in a set of hands-on activities that allow for creating an explicit bridge between theory and practice. For example, a Framing Workshop may introduce the idea of Course Goals and Learning Objectives – constructs that provide a roadmap for the course design and implementation, which are critical for both the instructor and students. To theorize learning objectives, the workshop may introduce the idea of student-centered course design and Bloom’s taxonomy. These theories may then be used, through a set of scaffolded learning tools, to allow participants to analyze goals and objectives for their existing courses and design new course goal/objective structures that are better aligned with their own and their students’ values, needs, and behaviors.
To allow participants time and space for a full engagement in an integrative process of theorizing and practicing educational co-design, Framing Workshops were offered in a two-part format with a morning session (Part A on the schedule grid) followed by an “echo” session in the afternoon (Part B on the schedule grid).