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Instructional Design

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Designing a Course Students Want to Screenshot

He was there to learn accounting, not comment on my course design. But midway through a Zoom call in the fall of 2025, one of my online

Jennifer Coon, CIA, CFE July 15, 2026

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Course Design as an Act of Care

Faculty reflections contributed by: Annette Miles, PhD, Helen Krauthamer, PhD, and Uzma Amir Designing a learning experience is too often treated as a workflow task rather than a relational practice. It

Julian King, MEd, and Catherine Patterson July 6, 2026

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Building a Course from Scratch: When Time is Not on Your Side

I recently found myself in a the all-too-familiar situation where I was handed a course at the last minute. The course consisted of a catalog description

Kristen Portner-Lauerman, MHA, RDH, and Dr. Julia VanderMolen, CHES® August 20, 2025

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A Values-Based Approach to Using Gen AI

As a learning designer in a centralized teaching and learning unit, it’s my job to explore new technologies, particularly AI. But I’ll admit, I didn’t

Heather Hans, MLIS June 11, 2025

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Supporting the Instructional Design Process: Stress-Testing Assignments with AI

While many of our conversations have focused on what generative AI means for student assignments and learning outcomes, there’s another question faculty are asking—often individually

Nathan Pritts, PhD March 19, 2025

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Indispensable Instructional Designers at Professional Schools

There are many ways to design a course in higher education, but why do it alone? As the educational landscape continues to evolve, the role

Patricia Baia, PhD January 6, 2025

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Lights, Camera, Student Action – A Novel Way to Teach and Learn About Leadership

The importance of leadership knowledge and skills in one’s professional and personal life cannot be overstated. Development of leadership capabilities can have a positive impact

Angela Dominelli, PhD, David M. Kile, MS, RPh, and Judy Teng, PhD September 22, 2021

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A Course Design Process That Works for You

Designing a course can be daunting. Do you get an instructional designer involved? Do you incorporate backward design or even a hybrid approach? Is there

Faculty Focus February 23, 2021

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Implementing Instructional Design Approaches to Inform Your Online Teaching Strategies

The primary focus of any instruction should be to focus on the learning outcomes or capabilities you are trying to achieve. Bloom (1956, 1964) identified

Darina M. Slattery, PhD September 16, 2020