In this episode, Adha Menghis discusses how his journey from teaching young people to developing a love and passion for design and innovation began.

Adha currently serves as the project director for community and design at Digital Promise, where he designs learning experiences for educators rooted in equity and metacognition. He is passionate about excellent pedagogy and supporting people to realize their innate potential.

Adha talks about how digital learning has evolved in the last decade and how Digital Promise works with students, teachers, and communities to close the achievement gap and foster opportunities for lifelong learning.

1:02 How Adha's experience as a teacher sparked his interest in educational design and human-centered design.

3:23 People who influenced Adha's designer mindset.

5:28 About his role at Digital Promise and its mission of closing the digital learning gap.

10:00 I'm also curious, you know, as you think about the broader design field, and what ways do you think the broader field could maybe better address designing for equity as well?

12:26 Collaborating with students, educators, and communities.

14:36 Creating a level playing field for everyone through experiences and activities.

17:18 How they promote student co-leadership.

19:46 Working together with system leaders to integrate the human-centered design with sizable, already-existing systems

22:26 The contribution of design to societal transformation

26:37 A valuable piece of advice he received.

28:19 Digital Promise’s series of products and services for lifelong learning.

21:34 The future of design, education, and technology.

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