About
Director.
I direct GSE Makery and the Learning, Design, and Technology Master's Program, a one-year MS in the Stanford Graduate School of Education.
In the News:
Problem Solving: Transformations in Education (2021, podcast)
How Stanford’s makerspaces are adapting to the pandemic (2020)
Stanford education program pilots a new way to showcase inventions (2020)
Stanford education students introduce new inventions to improve learning (2019)
Stanford education students invent new tools to support learning at all ages (2017)
Stanford GSE students create tools to enhance teaching and learning (2016)
Stanford students create apps to tackle learning challenges (2015)
Scholar.
I study the choices people make in learning about and using new digital tools, with a special interest in teachers as learners and the design process.
I am fascinated by interactions between learners and the technologies that surround them. My current interests include maker space education, teacher technology adoption, and parenting in a digital world.
Featured Publications:
Bowen, K., Forssell, K. S., & Rosier, S. (2020). Theories of Change in Learning Experience (LX) Design. In Learner and User Experience Research: An Introduction for the Field of Learning Design & Technology.
Forssell, K. (2019, August 13). How Effective Is Your Edtech Tool? Five Questions to Ask. Edtech Marketplace Today Blog Series at DigitalPromise.org.
Forssell, K. (2019). CHM Learning Lab: A Special Place for Learning About Learning. The Computer History Museum CORE Magazine.
Krauskopf, K. & Forssell, K. (2018). When knowing is believing: A multi-trait analysis of self-reported TPCK. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning.
Forssell, K. (2016). Making Meaningful Advances: TPACK for Designers of Learning Tools. In Handbook of technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) for educators.
Teacher.
I teach about the process of designing effective tools and environments for teaching and learning in the Stanford Graduate School of Education.
As a learning experience designer, I am constantly refining the content and activities in my courses. Together with my students I explore the current trends in technology, empirical research, and conceptual frameworks. We apply these lenses to needs in real-world learning settings.
2020-2021 Courses:
- EDUC 230: Learning Experience Design
- EDUC 281: Technology for Learners
- EDUC 215: LDT Internship Workshop