About This Project
Unleash your creativity and imagine education with us!
As part of our year of creativity, LDDI is excited to invite faculty, staff and students in the Faculty of Education to share their creative visions of education. This challenge encourages the exploration and expression of innovative ideas through various forms of visual art or design, providing a platform for the FoE community to share artistic interpretations and inspire new ways of thinking about education. The images created by our community will inspire reflection and provoke thought about what education looks like now and what it can look like in the future, how it will change with the introduction of new technologies, and what teaching and learning means to us as a community.
To participate in the challenge, you’ll create an image that reflects one of four themes: the future of education, diversity in education, educational spaces, or a topic of your choice related to education. Your submission can be broad and imaginative, reflecting on the larger state of education, or personal and reflective, representing your own experience with teaching and learning.
You don’t have to be good at drawing to participate! Options for creating your image include sketching, doodling, photography, collage, painting, digital design, generating an image using artificial intelligence (AI) or pretty much any other method of image development you can dream up, as long as the final image is your own.
See below for details about the submission process, winner recognition, example images, guidelines and considerations, and the submission form link.
Themes
Click on the arrow to expand and view the guiding questions for each theme.
The Future of Education
- What visual metaphors could represent the evolution of education in the next decade?
- How would you illustrate the balance between innovation and tradition in future educational approaches?
- How might artificial intelligence and automation impact education?
Diversity in Education
- What visual elements could capture the richness of diverse perspectives coming together in learning?
- What imagery could represent the breaking down of barriers in education?
- How might the feeling of belonging in an educational community be visually captured?
- What does inclusive education look like through your unique lens?
- How would you illustrate a moment when diversity strengthened educational experiences for all?
Educational Spaces
- How might you reimagine traditional learning environments to enhance technology, creativity, and collaboration?
- What elements would you include in visual representation of your ideal learning space?
- How could you illustrate the relationship between physical space and educational experiences?
- What visual story exemplifies how spaces shape learning opportunities?
- How might you represent the evolution of educational spaces from past to present to the future?
Open-Ended Theme
Any concept related to education.
How It Works
1. Submit your image
- Create an image in the medium of your choice according to the prompts.
- We recommend the following image dimensions, depending on your preferred image orientation: 1080 x 1080 pixels (square), 1080 x 1350 pixels (portrait) or 1080 x 566 pixels (landscape).
- Use our submission form to enter the Creativity Challenge: Imagining Education.
- You can submit any type of image: a drawing, digital artwork, AI-generated image, or any other creative visual representation.
- Your submission must include:
1. Your image
2. The inspiration/prompt (if AI-generated) or a short explanation of the idea behind your image
3. The theme
2. Your image gets uploaded to Instagram
- The LDDI team will upload all submitted images to our Instagram account.
- Each entry will be posted with its prompt or description and categorized under its theme.
3. Vote by liking your favorite images
- Voting opens on April 15, 2025 when all images are posted on Instagram.
- Anyone can vote by liking their favorite images.
- Share the challenge with your network to encourage more participation and votes.
4. Voting closes & winners announced
- Voting closes on April 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM (PST).
- The top three images with the most likes will be the winners.
- Winners will be announced on April 30 via our Instagram page.
Winner Recognition
The top three winners will be determined by the images with the most likes on Instagram by the end of the voting period.
Winners’ artwork will be showcased in multiple ways:
- Physical Exhibit: The winning images will be professionally printed in large format and displayed in the Neville Scarfe foyer at UBC. Each piece will include the artist’s name, submission description, and the prompt or concept that inspired the image.
- Digital Recognition: The winning images will also be featured on our social media platforms, digital signage, and website, reaching a wider audience.
- A Lasting Keepsake: Once the exhibit concludes, each winner will receive their printed artwork as a personal keepsake of their achievement.
Examples
Guidelines and Considerations
Copyright: Ensure the image you submit is your own creation. If you incorporate public domain images, those under a Creative Commons license, or images from royalty-free sites, please provide a link to the source and/or license.
AI-Generated Images: We must carefully consider issues such as data privacy, bias and environmental impact when using artificial intelligence tools. If you are planning to use AI to create your submission, please review the UBC Guidelines for Generative AI before crafting your submission. You can use any AI tool to participate in the challenge, but avoid entering personal data and check for bias in your image before submitting.
Submissions
Use the Submission Form Link to officially submit your image for the Creativity Challenge: Imagining Education.