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 for traditional educational research through more precisedes criptions of educational in no vations ,which could allow for better control of confounding factors,and through rich records of student performance. Effective sharing of research-based Learning Design shasgreat potential forthe future of teaching and learning.