RU Institute
Design learning that proves people are thinking.
The WALK™ Framework is a guided design partner for university faculty and workplace learning teams. Bring one discussion or activity, answer one question at a time, and leave with a redesigned activity, a learner-facing AI prompt, and aligned evidence and rubric language.
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Four steps, in order, without skipping
The WALK™ Framework asks one substantive question at a time and waits. That pacing is the point — it is how the design gets sharper instead of longer.
What thinking matters?
Name the reasoning, judgment, and interpretation the activity should actually build — before touching the wording.
Ask what AI and humans should do
Decide the AI's role, the learner's responsibilities, and what only another human being can contribute.
Launch and test
Get a learner-facing prompt with guardrails, then experience it yourself in the simulator before anyone else does.
Keep evidence aligned
Define observable evidence and rubric language that matches the thinking you set out to build.
Higher education
Tell WALK™ your discipline and course level and it calibrates the intellectual demand — from foundational undergraduate explanation to doctoral critique and dissertation-level argument.
Professional development
For corporate learning and development, WALK™ shifts to audience, role, and function — and builds toward transfer on the job, manager reinforcement, and business-relevant evidence.
Bring the WALK™ Framework to your campus or company
Attending a talk or workshop, or want one? Leave your details and we'll follow up with resources and dates.
Ready to redesign one activity?
It takes one paste and about fifteen minutes of honest answers.