http://www.matteasterday.com/grads daily 0.75 2017-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1423976526266-4XF9I2YFJT060RVGO9MI/image-asset.jpeg people - Daniel Rees Lewis Daniel is a 1st year Learning Sciences PhD student at Northwestern University. He conducts design-based research on learning tools for novice innovators. His research interests include teaching key design process skills (particularly through analogy), design-based research methods, and tools for design critique. Daniel is currently working on implementing the Digital Loft with Design for America. He received an M.A. in Learning Sciences from Northwestern University, and a B.A. in Philosophy from Sussex University. Before starting his PhD at Northwestern, Daniel was the Learning Architect at Design for America in the Segal Institute of Design, and taught Intercultural Communications and English at a French engineering school in Bordeaux. He has also worked as an educator in Vietnam, Poland, and his native England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1423976526266-4XF9I2YFJT060RVGO9MI/image-asset.jpeg people - Daniel Rees Lewis Daniel is a 1st year Learning Sciences PhD student at Northwestern University. He conducts design-based research on learning tools for novice innovators. His research interests include teaching key design process skills (particularly through analogy), design-based research methods, and tools for design critique. Daniel is currently working on implementing the Digital Loft with Design for America. He received an M.A. in Learning Sciences from Northwestern University, and a B.A. in Philosophy from Sussex University. Before starting his PhD at Northwestern, Daniel was the Learning Architect at Design for America in the Segal Institute of Design, and taught Intercultural Communications and English at a French engineering school in Bordeaux. He has also worked as an educator in Vietnam, Poland, and his native England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1423976324561-3MQZOR81DCH1LS36ZOFR/image-asset.jpeg people - Natalia Smirnov Natalia is a doctoral student in Learning Sciences at Northwestern University. She received her B.A. in American Culture and Media Arts from Temple University. In her current research, Natalia is exploring the relationship between collaborative media production and civic engagement, using participatory design-based methods. Before coming to Northwestern, Natalia taught youth media literacy and production in Philadelphia, and led the development of a public access/online news show called “POPPYN” that presents perspectives and contributions of youth missing from the mainstream media. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1504317285150-Z0WK6L04OR36TJXJDXRQ/Spencer.jpg people - Spencer Carlson Spencer is a PhD student in the Learning Sciences program at Northwestern University. He is interested in using design-based research to develop better learning environments and technologies for learning design problem solving. Spencer’s current research projects address topics including: supporting peer coaching in design PBL; understanding how design experts coach novice designers in PBL; and understanding how students’ decision-making processes are central to whether and what they learn when participating in learning communities. Spencer has a Master’s in Learning Sciences at Northwestern. He began working in the Delta Lab while earning his BSEd in Learning and Organizational Change from Northwestern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1423976572306-M25P1CQ9BMM9R5W56LK0/emily-250x250.jpg people - Emily Harburg Emily is a PhD Student in the Technology and Social Behavior program at Northwestern University. Emily is interested in building tools to improve motivation, decision-making, innovation, and collaboration. She is currently looking at the effects of using crowdfunding to increase self-efficacy. Emily received her B.S. in Social Anthropology with a minor in Psychology from Harvard University. Prior to doctoral studies, Emily worked for Walt Disney Imagineering in the Disney Research behavioral sciences team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1504317616575-G3TWVSC7MZNSMVLBKQCI/my.png people - My Nguyen My Nguyen has an M.S. in public policy and management from Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College. She is a returned Peace Corps volunteer and hopes to continue making a difference in people's lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1423977610591-VFZ04DWLO64IJBDHXJWS/brantley-250x250.jpg people - Brantley Harris (Developer) Brantley Harris is the tech lead for the Loft. He is a back end, front end developer who is also proficient in UX and graphic design. Brantley has worked on a number of innovative projects at Delta Lab, including Deck and Discourse. Before working with the Loft team he was the CTO at Shortlist. Brantley has also worked as a developer at The Chicago Reader, Leapfrog Online, and moocadvisor.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1423977045909-PCK2XURR4P15V3Q0RT8M/andy-250x250.jpg people - Andy Rench (Designer) Andy Rench is a web and UX designer for the Loft. His primary focus is handling the UI design and branding of the Loft project. Before working with the Loft team, Andy designed experiences for national and global companies such as Office Depot, Microsoft and Bayer Aspirin working at agencies such as BBDO, Razorfish and Wunderman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1423977684070-6NTS399U6M5CCVU09ALL/sergio-250x250.jpg people - Sergio Salgado (Front-end developer, videographer) Sergio Salgado is a front end developer for the Loft, and also assists the UI design. He also runs Furnace, a web and visual arts consultancy. He has an MA in Digital Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Arts, and a BFA in Art and Visual Technologies from George Mason University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1423977668232-U5NLQ38UMOADIBHZ5RCB/liz-250x250.jpg people - Dr. Liz Gerber (co-director) Liz is the Breed Junior Chair of Design in the McCormick School of Engineering and School of Communication at Northwestern University. She has spent 11 years researching and designing award winning innovation programs for universities and S&P 500 companies nationally and internationally. She has been invited to speak nationally and internationally at non-profit and for-profit institutions, including Facebook, Hewlett-Packard, MIT, and Stanford. Her work has been featured in such venues as Oprah, NPR, ABC, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Fast Company, and is currently funded by the National Science Foundation, the Mozilla Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1423977300302-UT6YJZK86ZE5CVJ5PZZZ/haoqi-250x250.jpg people - Dr. Haoqi Zhang (co-director) Haoqi is an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University in Computer Science and at the Segal Design Institute. He studies, designs, and builds social computing systems that promote desired behaviors and outcomes. His current work focuses on engaging crowds and communities in problem solving and collective action, and on advancing new data-driven design processes. He research spans the fields of social computing, crowdsourcing, human computer interaction, artificial intelligence, and decision science. 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Loft supports project-driven learning The Loft supports a project-driven learning cycle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1424035241646-0N2HT83PRL3AKR7WEDU8/project-drivel-learning.jpg projects - Loft supports project-driven learning The Loft supports a project-driven learning cycle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1424067062606-JPRIS62109DLOYZ5KNFZ/1canvas.jpg projects - Loft: Canvas The design canvas helps teams set the goals for their project and choose appropriate milestones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1423984265568-4VNBQ177XRXQAG656LH6/crowdfund.png projects - Loft: Process guide The process guide teaches complex problem-solving processes such as the human-centered design process used by Design for America students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1424067111524-1K5FD9L2XCP1TCKSJYFH/3workbench.jpg projects - Loft: Workbench Teams use collaborative project management tools to plan their approach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1424067248545-C8A4YTZGV057QES4VR94/4help.jpg projects - Loft: Cheers & Help The Loft helps facilitate team progress by surfacing project struggles and inviting peers and coaches to provide encouragement and help. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1424035262718-VWHIL5VZ1I59SFWNQEZH/4-feedback.jpg projects - Loft: Critique The Loft face-to-face, computer-supported group critique tools scaffolds feedback so that a group of novices can provide feedback as good as a single expert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1424067253932-91NL982SMC2R62KT8S2S/6discourse.jpg projects - Loft: Authoring The wiki-like collaborative editing system and automatic collection and critiquing of work allows editors to crowdsource content creation and curation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1424041872972-YMNC3KCU8P88RT791TQ1/network.jpg projects The Loft networks Design for America studios which are hosted on University campuses and incorporate local clients, coaches and alumni and communicate directly with DFA Headquarters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1423984323048-QBKKJA1U63YNNR36BSZ9/crowdfund.png projects - Policy World Policy world teaches students how to make arguments for policy intervention by constructing and using diagrams that depict causal claims of different sources. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1423984605544-5BUL5JWOLUJ2YDF0KAR4/crowdfund.png projects - Political Agenda Political Agenda teaches students how to reason about the ideological values using Moral Foundations Theory to understand the common ground between political groups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1424039406886-8F6D5QE67GBLD2LL9S2S/image-asset.jpeg projects - NextGen Illinois The NextGenIL campaign crowdsource a policy agenda for young people in Illinois. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1424039489133-DAQW7NH87ICPATP6UV7M/process.jpg projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1424039501339-NSZ6M141G1Q09OG87OFN/Figure+-+Forge-forum.jpg projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1424050216696-GQIIG8GL282GIM88PZW7/stateofnature.jpg projects - State of Nature A multiplayer game designed to teach fundamental political concepts such as the State of Nature and Hobbes' Leviathan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1424063631880-QPO3LC8W0BWCB7JU9C9T/DSC_0235.JPG projects - Connected Learning Movements for Civic Education New models for networked, interest-driven learning groups with social missions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1424063442205-O272BQV65TPZQ70S7T5M/loft.jpg projects - The Loft, a digital studio for learning movements The Loft is an online platform for orchestrating project-driven learning in civic innovation networks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1424063997779-GGGF41KBY97R5PVLKL72/nextgenhomepage.jpg projects - NextGenIL - an online deliberation for young people Networked learning platform for crowdsourcing policy agenda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d2fd3ce4b05f7dfea8b5f0/1424063756076-LU5R7509BJYLX4Z6IEJL/Tutoring_v1_A-1.jpg projects - 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