Learning Design is a descriptive frame work for activity structures that can describe many
different pedagogical methods. It is similar to music notation,which can describe many styles of music using a common format,but Learning Design needs further research to bean effective format for sharing good teaching ideas among educators. Learning Design may also provide benefits fort raditional educational research through more precisede scriptions of educational in novations,which could all owforbetter controlofcon founding factors,and through rich recordsof student performance. Effective sharingof research-based Learning Design shasg reat potential forthe future of teaching and learning.