Makerspace 2025

In 2025-2026 the AlphaPlus Community of Practice looked at curriculum resources that allow instructors to

• • Build a series of lessons that flow together.

  • Create differentiated learning opportunities.

  • Cover a topic comprehensively.

We facilitated 2 series of 4 90-minute online workshops for our group to

•  engage with peers in rich conversations about the practice of teaching

• explore and evaluate examples of curricula that use a blended-learning approach to understanding communication and collaboration in a digitally connected world

These resources include teacher-facing guides, instructions, objectives and/or teaching tips and support instructors to:

• Cover a topic comprehensively.

• Build a series of lessons that flow together. 

• Co-learn rather than feel pressure to be the expert.

We had the opportunity to wear three hats – learner, teacher and designer – to examine the components of a curriculum and build a framework for curriculum and resource evaluation.

• As learners, we experienced lessons on a topic of interest to us in our work or daily lives.

• As planners and facilitators, we reflected on the learner experience in each lesson and how to apply what we have experienced to our own practice.

• As instructional designers, we evaluated how the teacher-facing materials support our work.