
2021 Design Educators Conference – Webinar Series
The RGD is pleased to announce we will hold our 5th Design Educators Conference, the first to be held completely virtually, in Webinar Series format, on the dates listed below.
Webinars
Keynote
- Shared Visions for Change | Anne H. Berry, Jennifer Rittner and Kelly Walters
Keynote
- They Were There Too
Theme: Equity
- Sustainable Design Thinking: Changing the Design Process | Robin Landa, Kean U.
- Strong Like Two People | Adolfo Ruiz, MacEwan U
Theme: Empower
- “I hated assessment, well, I get why we did it" | Tracey Waller, Royal College of Art
- Health + Design: Expanding the Undergraduate Curriculum to Embrace Real World Problems | Gillian Harvey, U of Alberta
Theme: Embrace
- Embracing Equitable Remote Learning | Saskia van Kampen, San Francisco State U
- The act of Teaching Design is Design | Andrew Hladkyj, Sheridan College
Theme: Expand
- Making Real: or Why We Don’t Teach Speculative Design | Ali Qadeer & Richard Hunt, OCAD U
- ‘Show & Tell’ (12) | Sheeraz Waria
Theme: Empower
- Design Feedback Sprint Sessions Produce ACE | Nicki Wragg, Swinburne U of Technology
Theme: Engage
- 21st Century Higher Education Faces a Variety of Challenges | Aidan Rowe, U of Alberta
- Curricular Hegemony and Design Education | Brian DeLevie, U of Colorado Denver
Check Webinar details here.
The Conference's 5 themes are:
- Empower – the learners
- Embrace – the classroom
- Expand – the experience
- Engage – with external participation
- Equity – within all spaces
The Conference consists of:
- 2 Keynote Presentations
- 12 Themed Concurrent Sessions
- 12 Roundtable Sessions
Registration is now open
Register here. For Pricing, click here.