International Society for Design and Development in Education
The International Society for Design and Development in Education was formed in 2005 with the goal of improving educational design in mathematics and science education around the world. Educational design has been an invisible topic relative to educational research, and there has been very little direct attention focused on design principles and design processes in educational design.
Society goals
This international society, focused on mathematics and science education for strategic reasons, has the following main goals:
broadly improve design and development processes used in educational design
build and support a community among educational designers and create transformational training opportunities for new educational designers
increase the impact of educational designers on educational practice throughout the world
Governance
The society is run by an Executive of approximately 12 members. Three officers have particular duties.
Additional details on society governance are described in the society's constitution.
ISDDE Journal
Starting in 2008, the society developed an open accessElectronic journal, called the , with roughly annual issues. The editor-in-chief is Kaye Stacey from the University of Melbourne. As an online-only journal, it has the advantage of being able to provide detailed worked examples for other designers.
Prizes for Excellence in Design for Education, the "Eddies"
Starting in 2008, ISDDE supports a 10,000 USD prize for excellence in educational design, known as the "Eddies". The prize alternates across years between rewarding particular designs and rewarding lifetime contributions to educational design. 2008 prize winners
Paul Black of Kings College London for a lifetime’s achievement of excellence in educational design and development in science and in technology.
2010 prize winner
Michal Yerushalmy of the Research Institute of Alternatives in Education at the University of Haifa for Visual Math, a curriculum developed through a rigorous process to produce innovative materials with great demonstrated impact on students, teachers, and educational designers around the world.
2011 prize winner
Jan de Lange of the University of Utrecht for a lifetime’s achievement of excellence in educational design and development in mathematics.
Hugh Burkhardt of the Shell Centre for Mathematical Education for a lifetime’s achievement in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field, including his leadership of the Shell Centre and his key role in founding this Society.
