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Instructional Design/e-Learning

What is Instructional Design?

Instructional design is the process of planning, building, implementing and evaluating a course based on educational standards and theory. Instructional designers work with faculty to write clear objectives, design effective assignments and accessible materials, choose appropriate course technology and create online learning communities.

The HES Instructional Designer works with faculty to:

Course Planning

1. Write measurable course objectives
2. Brainstorm potential learning activities aligned to objectives and assessments
3. Choose an effective organizational structures (lesson, module, unit, etc)
4. Formulate assessment strategies (exams, PBL, case studies, collaboration, etc).
5. Request a Blackboard course site
6. Survey technology that may be appropriate for meeting course goals
7. Collect research supporting various instructional strategies
8. Construct a robust syllabus
9. Manage development of online courses through consultations and on-demand technical assistance

Course Development

1. Make course documents accessible
2. Adapt materials for mobile devices
3. Scan documents (and watch for Copyright!)
4. Upload media files for online courses
5. Configure learning modules
6. Create interactive, online course presentations
7. Compose technical documentation for students using course technology
8. Develop Blackboard tests and assignments
9. Liaison with the library to secure course reserves or other learning resources for online students.
10. Enhance source material with images, video, material or animation
11. Organize your Blackboard grade center
12. Liaison with campus media services to create video for courses

Course Review

1. Perform usability testing for online course
2. Review entire course and provide feedback using validated online learning standards
3. Edit materials for clarity, consistency and grammar
4. Syllabus review
5. Provide additional verbage for course content or syllabus
6. Assess course for accessibility

Course Implementation (Teaching)

1. Grade center management
2. Solve productivity problems like:
1. managing student e-mails/questions
2. managing discussion boards
3. establishing a grading workflow
3. Train faculty on campus educational technology (Clickers, Lecture Capture, Blackboard, Sakai, Collaborate)
4. Troubleshoot course technology

Course Evaluation

1. Usability testing for digital materials
2. Quality Course Peer Review
3. Proofreading
4. Accessibility auditing
5. Align course objectives, resources and assessments

...and more! THE HES Instructional Designer also:

1. Provides custom workshops or presentations
2. Communicates with faculty about new and relevant information for teaching with technology
3. Guest Lectures for classes using technologies
4. Guest Lectures for classes examining new media
5. Creates training materials for faculty development
6. Promotes excellent instructors in HES
7. Liaisons with ET@MO, Mizzou Online, Disability Services, MU Libraries, HES IT
8. Works with faculty and ET@MO staff on papers or research projects related to teaching and learning with technology

About Jenna

Jenna Kammer is the Instructional Designer for e-Learning in the College of Human Environmental Sciences at the University of Missouri. She is a liaison with Educational Technologies at Missouri (ET@MO) and works closely with their staff as the "Academic Technology Liaison" for HES. She holds a Masters of Educational Technologies from New Mexico State University and a Masters of Library Science from the University of Arizona. She is a Certified Quality Matters Peer Master Reviewer and is a certified online instructor for Sloan-C. Prior to becoming an Instructional Designer, Jenna was an academic librarian and continues to teach part-time as an online instructor in library science and technology.