Looking for the weekly assignments? Go to the Assignments page and the Weekly Assignments Documents for a full list and descriptions of, and links to, our readings for each week. This page provides a simple list of the readings from each week.
Week 1:
“Can Learning Encompass both Ideas and Feelings?” from Carl R. Rogers, A Way of Being (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980).
“Chapter 3: How EdTech Tools Evolve” from EdSurge Research. In addition to the main body of the article, please read at least two of the “Case Studies: From Technology to Practice” section
Week 3:
“Of Green Monkeys and Failed Affordances: A Case Study of a Mechanical Engineering Design Course.” by Wendy Newstetter. Research in Engineering Design. 10:118-128. (1998).
“Chapter 2: A Model for Diverse Learning Environments. The Scholarship of Creating and Assessing Conditions for Student Success.” by Sylvia Hurtado, S and colleagues. In J. C. Smart, M. B. Paulsen (eds.), Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research. Springer Science+Business Media. (2012).
“How America’s Universities Became Hedge Funds.” by Bob Samuels, published in The Huffington Post. (2010).
“Chapter 2: Learning Theories for Engineering Education Practice.” by Wendy Newstetter & Marilla Svinicki from Johri, A., & Olds, B.M., (eds). Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research. (2014).
Week 4:
“Requiem for a Reform” (1994) by Ann Bradley from Education Week.
My Wish: Once Upon a School. (2008) by Dave Eggers from TED
Goals of Universal Basic and Secondary Education. (2006) by Joel Cohen in Prospects
Week 5:
IDEO. Design for Social Impact. (Just read the Design Principles section).
Weaver, Jesse. What is your design philosophy?
Gray, Colin. My Design Philosophy
[Optional] Baxter-Magolda, M. (2008) Three Elements of Self-Authorship.
KIPP Readings. It's a long list - see Week 5 Assignments Document.
Contextual Design Work Models/Frameworks:
Powerpoint presentation of the different work models (easiest to digest)
One of the original papers about these work models (optional!)
Week 6:
Donella Meadows, Dancing with Systems.
“System Behavior and Causal Loop Diagrams,” from C. W. Kirkwood, System Dynamics Methods: A Quick Introduction, Creative Commons, 2013.
[optional] “Chapter 6: Nature’s Templates: Identifying the Patterns that Control Events,” from P. M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization (New York: Currency Doubleday, 1990).
[Optional] “Appendix 2: Systems Archetypes,” from P. M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization (New York: Currency Doubleday, 1990).
[Optional] P. L. Kunsch, M. Theys, and J. P. Brans, “The importance of systems thinking in ethical and sustainable decision-making,” Central European Journal of Operations Research, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 253-269, 2007.
[Optional] Stakeholder Analysis