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Alan Reid, 30 B.A., English, The Ohio State University M.A., Teaching, University of North Carolina Wilmington Ph.D., Instructional Design & Technology, Old Dominion University (ABD) Lead Instructor Dev. English, Brunswick Community College, Supply, NC Teaching Associate, English, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC reid.alan.j@gmail.com alanreidphd.wordpress.com

What is Instructional Design?

The process by which instruction is improved through the analysis of learning needs and systematic development of learning materials. Instructional designers often use technology and multimedia as tools to enhance instruction. Instructional Designer: an individual who develops the methodology and delivery systems for presenting course content.1 Popular learning theories include: Behaviorism, Cognitivism, and Constructivism.
Behaviorism is based on observable changes. Your mind is a black box. All that matters is the outcome. Cognitivism is interested in why the observable change is taking place. Whats in the black box? Constructivism asserts that individual perspectives and schema shape (or construct) meaning. What is the color black, really? ADDIE (though, often called a model, it is more of a process) Analyze Design Develop Implement Evaluate Gagnes Nine Events of Instruction Blooms Taxonomy Kirkpatricks 4 Levels of Training

Common Instructional Design Models2:

1 2

Retrieved from http://www.syberworks.com/glossary/i/i1.htm Retrieved from http://www.instructionaldesigncentral.com/htm/IDC_instructionaldesignmodels.htm

Just

Kidding.

(did you really think I would do that to you?)

You dont hate PowerPoint.

Y o u h a t e p o o r d e s i g n .

do designers

DO?

W H A T
is the role
of the future designer?

change.

The role of the designer does not.

5 I V E heuristics
for the future designer

1. Speak the Social Media language.

Whats your Twitter handle?

Source: onlineeducation.net

The current outlook of social media in higher ed.

(Junco, Heibergert, & Loken, 2010)

are some ways Twitter can be used in higher ed.?

Cognitive
goals, self-questioning, learning strategies.

Behavioral
time/effort management, help-seeking.

Motivational
task value, perception of ease/difficulty/usefulness.

Contextual
perceptions towards learning climate & aspects that help/hinder learning.
(Pintrich, 2000)

PRINT IS NOT DEAD!

2. Technology is a vehicle.

75% of students still prefer print textbooks to digital.

Source: BISG 2011

62% of college presidents anticipate that 10 years from now, more than half of textbooks will be entirely digital.
*3,324 college & university presidents

Source: PewSocialTrends.org (2011)

will this change instruction?

My Research
Embedded metacognitive support in digital text

Should have trained harder.

3. Training is not always the solution.

D E S I G N
a BlackBoard
course for faculty
and they can teach for a semester....

T E A C H
faculty good
design qualities
and they can teach for a lifetime.

How will this translate to my online section?

4. Online Easier.

DESIGNERS
are more important
n o w, t h a n e v e r b e f o r e .
.

Respondents who think an online course provides equal educational value compared to a F2F course
29% Respondents: All adults surveyed (2,142). 39% Respondents: Have taken an online course. 27%

Respondents: Have not taken an online course.

Source: PewSocialTrends.org (2011)

5. Stay Relevant.

If records are back in style, are cassettes next?

GOING
nomadic

PREDICTING
the future is easy.
Its trying to figure out whats going on now thats

hard
- Fritz R.S. Dressler

(But it sure is fun to predict)

Social media-style LMSs Adaptive & intelligent tutoring Virtual & augmented reality Emphasis on voice/video Synchronicity

Mobile-centric

Q&A

References
Associated Press. Ali/Liston, First Round KO. Dewey Defeats Truman. Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Deweytruman12.jpg Eisenstaedt, Alfred. The Kiss Retrieved from: http://www.wikipedia.org Junco, R., Heiberger, G., & Loken, E. (2011). The effect of Twitter on college student engagement and grades. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 27(2), 119132. Taylor, P., Parker, K., Lenhart, A., & Patten, E. (2011). The digital revolution and higher education: College presidents, public differ on value of online learning. Waschington, D.C.: Pew Research Center. Retrieved from http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2011/08/online-learning.pdf Unidentified professor instructing students. Retrieved from: http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/0008239/pages/0008239#p