Rupal believes the greatest leverage point for systemic change is our future educators. She is passionate about thinking of new, innovative ways to provide them with the professional mindset and pedagocial skills they need to design rich, deeper learning environments. Rupal spent nearly 6 years as a classroom educator and 3 years as the Director of a pre-service teacher training program. She earned her B.S. in Elementary Education and MA in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Connecticut. Currently, she is an Ed.M. candidate in Technology, Innovation & Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Graduate Research Assistant with the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab.
Rupal Jain
B.s. / MA / Ed.M (expected 2015)
The Time Is Now
We live in an evolving, innovation-driven world. Educators are faced with the challenge of designing learning environments to prepare learners for a world they don’t know will look like. If the most important skills for the future rest on one’s ability to create, ask and seek questions, and be a thought partner, then educators must enter classrooms with these traits.
A Solution
The Learning Designer Lab provides future educators with a rich, immersive learning experience where they can grow as creative professionals who develop new knowledge and continually further their own learning. To prepare candidates to be lifelong learners, the Learning Designer Lab provides two years of onsite preparation and unlimited access to resources, workshops, and a professional network upon graduation.
The two years of rigorous onsite programming is comprised of: guided, school based placements; fieldwork in artistic workshops and design studios; training in the design process; limitless access to classroom simulation software; and an innovative, collaborative workspace. Learning Designers will leave the program with a strong foundation to design learning environments for an evolving future.
Why Learning Designer Lab?
Our Team
We envision a world of learners where students & educators are lifelong learners because they: feel safe, reflect,
ask and seek questions, develop their passions, empathize with others,
and engage with their community.
The Learning Designer
program provides future educators with a rich, immersive learning experience where they grow as creative professionals who can develop new knowledge and continually further their own learning.
Our Vision
Our Mission
