Redesigning Professional Learning

If I’m being honest, when I think about most professional learning experiences I’ve had, or even facilitated in the past, they all start to look the same. A workshop. A presenter. A lot of information. Maybe even a little excitement in the moment. But then… we go back to work, set the handout on the desk, and wonder where to even begin. That disconnect is exactly what captures so well in Kristin Daniels’ TEDx talk. She describes how easy it is to access information, but how t

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what actually makes learning meaningful—not just engaging, but something that truly sticks. It’s easy to assume that if we make learning more interactive, we’ve improved it, but the reality is a little more complex than that. Research shows that simply adding active learning strategies does not guarantee improved outcomes. In fact, Andrews et al. (2011) found that active learning alone, without intentional design and alignment, does not