Understanding how DF is structured is another part of becoming oriented to the program. First, we encourage you to learn more about the various modules that make up DF. Of particular note:
- The only “required” module is Orientation.
- After completing Orientation, participants are welcome to take modules in whatever order makes sense for them.
- While different modules cover different topics and ideas, there is plenty of overlap between modules, as well. It is impossible to talk about technology, for example, without talking about equity. So expect to come across some ideas and questions more than once, in different contexts, with different inflections.
Most important, DF is not premised upon the idea of “delivering content” to participants — rather, each module is a collection of topics, questions, activities, and resources that are designed to provoke your thinking and inspire your participation. When you “complete” a module, it does not mean you are now “done” with your learning about that module’s ideas and topics. Instead, we hope you will feel more deeply immersed in those ideas and topics, more capable of considering how they intersect with and inflect your own pedagogy and course design, and more inspired to keep learning and exploring.
In addition to becoming familiar with the structure of the program, we also encourage you to become familiar with the DF website, which is the main hub of activity for all of the modules. Here, you will find all of the topics, questions, activities, and resources. In particular, we encourage you to use the questions feature of modules to participate in conversations and to prompt new discussion. We also encourage you to use your portfolio to share your activities, reflections, and any other things you create as you become more familiar with Design Forward.
