Instructional Design: Exemplar C4

Standard: Cultivating Effective Instructional Design to Co-plan, Teach and Assess Learning.

Theme: Engaging with Inquiry Approaches

Growth Phase: Leading

Growth Indicator: Learning experiences are co-designed and planned with students to empower real-world and relevant learning experiences.


A school librarian specialist, Waterloo District, Ontario, writes about creation rather than consumption in the learning commons.

Brooks Kirkland, Anita. (2012). Creativity in the learning commons. By the Brooks.
http://www.bythebrooks.ca/creativity-in-the-learning-commons/


Enjoy and learn from this teacher-librarian reflection on learning commons practice focused on developing student inquiry skills and processes iteratively. Includes an adept model using a swimming pool analogy for explaining and designing  student inquiry co-practice with teachers.

Lyon, B. (2019, February 11).  Playing the Long Game: Teaching from an Inquiry Stance [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://thelibrariansjourney.blogspot.com/2019/02/playing-long-game-teaching-from-inquiry.html