Dimitris C. Papadopoulos

Instructional Designer, Teaching & Learning Lab

Dimitris C. Papadopoulos (he/him) is the Instructional Designer at the Teaching & Learning Lab where he leads initiatives and develops resources for faculty support and development across all RISD departments including workshops on syllabus and course design, place-based and immersive pedagogies, object-based learning, and the Faculty Institute on “Critical Thinking and Making with AI.”

He has over fifteen years of experience in higher education teaching and research and he has collaborated with scholars, educators, artists and practitioners in creative, public outreach, and pedagogy projects. He’s always interested in exploring emerging technologies as a means of shaping inclusive environments for learning, especially in ways that are informed by social justice issues and critical pedagogy. His current research interests include learning environment design, place-based and immersive pedagogies, AI in education and the creative disciplines, materiality and object-based learning, migration and mobility.

Dimitris  supports faculty in using RISD’s learning management system (Canvas), and in integrating instructional technologies that are aligned with learning outcomes and facilitate inclusive learning. He’s always excited to talk about digital learning tools used at RISD like Miro and Hypothesis, uses of AI in art, design, and education, and new ways of thinking about syllabi, assignments, critique, and feedback.

Dimitris offers faculty consultations on a weekly basis. To check availability, visit his scheduling page. To learn more about teaching and technology at RISD check our “Technology in Teaching” page.