The Creativity and Innovation Design Network Design is a hub for faculty, staff, and students for who want to explore innovative solutions to challenges we face in education. The design network will collaborate with school districts and community partners to identify pressing issues and engage in strategies informed by design thinking and equity-oriented frameworks to propose technology and media-based solutions.
2025-2026 Projects and Site Partners
- Chemistry –AR•VR•AI Lab: Transforming Chemistry Learning Through Immersive Tech – Indianola Informal K-8 School (7th Grade Students)
- Agile in the Classroom – Olentangy Orange High School
- AR and VR in Science – West High School Students
- AR in Art – North Linden Elementary
- Machine Learning, App Development, and Documentary Creation – The Ohio State University Fashion and Retail Studies Program
Create, Innovate & Curate
Explore the impactful work we’ve done in partnership with local school districts and community organizations. Below are examples of our 2024-2025 projects, where we collaborate to address pressing educational challenges through creative and technology-driven solutions.
Faculty Innovation Fellows
CIDN Faculty Innovation Fellows lead our student teams as they partner with local schools and community partners to bring design thinking and equity-oriented frameworks to propose technology and media-based solutions.
Dr. Julie Johnson
Center for Digital Learning and Innovation
Dr. Detra Price
Department of Teaching & Learning
Dr. Tasha Lewis
Department of Human Sciences
Andrea Vescelius
Olentangy Orange High School
Dr. Sophia Jeong
Department of Teaching & Learning
Crachad Liang
Director of Digital Literacy, Nassau, Bahamas
Support Staff
- Director: Dr. Detra Price
- Program Manager: TBD
- Outreach Coordinator: Dr. Julie Johnson
- Teacher Innovation Fellow: Andrea Vescelius, Olentangy School District
- Teacher Innovation Fellow: Crachad Liang, Nassau, Bahamas
- STEM Learning Graduate Associate: Kevin Fulton
- Technology Intern: Vaishnavi Pulipati
- Technology Intern: Fatoumata Ly
For more information regarding our team, projects, or potential partnerships, please contact Dr. Detra Price at Price.151@osu.edu