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Helping Students Become Better Writers Inside And Outside Of Tutoring Appointments, Natalie Kopp
Helping Students Become Better Writers Inside And Outside Of Tutoring Appointments, Natalie Kopp
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
Writing tutors provide invaluable resources to students, but writing help can come from all levels of student support on campus, not just in tutoring appointments. I spoke with Elisha Teague, the Assistant Director of Learning Resources at Franklin University, and Shurouq Ibrahim, one of Franklin’s professional writing tutors, to discuss how they help students in the Learning Commons and what we can all do when working with students or course material to help foster stronger and more confident student writers.
Quantifying Creativity: A Left-Brain Approach To Learning Objectives, Rob Wood
Quantifying Creativity: A Left-Brain Approach To Learning Objectives, Rob Wood
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
I am a teacher. I love the time when the proverbial light goes on in a student’s mind and a theory or concept or method or technique suddenly makes sense. I witness the moment that a few sparks of knowledge kindle a fire of learning.
Teaching Abroad: Ensuring A Good Opportunity Is Really Great!, Garry Mcdaniel
Teaching Abroad: Ensuring A Good Opportunity Is Really Great!, Garry Mcdaniel
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
With increased globalization, more colleges and universities are establishing faculty exchanges, study abroad programs, collaborative research efforts, and technical assistance programs with counterparts overseas. The result is enhanced faculty development, increased learning for students, added revenue generation, and prestige for the partnering institutions. For faculty, the opportunity to teach abroad can be a fulfilling and career-enhancing experience. However, if faculty are inadequately prepared and supported, valuable time and resources are wasted, student learning is impacted, and the image of the institution and faculty member may suffer. This post examines how faculty and their home institutions can ensure that teaching abroad …
Tips For Effective Collaboration With Subject Matter Experts, Tasha Weaver
Tips For Effective Collaboration With Subject Matter Experts, Tasha Weaver
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) are critical members of any course design team, for their contributions to both the course content and the cost of the project (Bedell, 2018). A SME can identify and prioritize the content needed to address critical course learning objectives, and she can do this efficiently, saving the designer hours of research. The question is: how can you, as the designer, best partner with the SME to create an effective learning experience for students? The following presents some tips and best practices for collaboration.
How Much Work To Assign In Our Courses?, Jesse Fuhrman
How Much Work To Assign In Our Courses?, Jesse Fuhrman
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
No matter what type of course we are designing, we have to keep in mind how much time we are expecting learners to spend. When thinking about time expectations, there are a number of things to consider, beginning with the expectation set by those who are asking for the course or training module.
De-Stressing At Work, Jeannie Black
De-Stressing At Work, Jeannie Black
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
As a member of a high-performing, deadline-driven team, it is important to manage everyday workplace stress as well as develop strategies to increase concentration. There are many ways to de-stress, but music is my balm of choice. Some of my other favorites include doing anything artistic (think: painting or photography), along with reading. Some people practice breathing exercises or will walk around a bit as well. Of course, there are many other ways to de-stress, but doing so at work can be tricky.
Graduate Assistant Experience At The Institute - An Interview With Amie Tope, Amie Tope
Graduate Assistant Experience At The Institute - An Interview With Amie Tope, Amie Tope
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
Amie Tope, 2018 graduate of Franklin University’s Master of Science in Instructional Design & Learning Technology (IDLT) program, recently sat down for an interview with the IDLT program chair, Dr. Yi Yang. Amie not only graduated with a 4.0 GPA and gave a speech at the Winter 2018 Commencement—she also accepted a job offer before she graduated from the program! During this interview, she talks about her experience working as a graduate assistant for the International Institute for Innovative Instruction (the Institute), and offers suggestions for future graduate assistants.
Bridging Learners And Clients: Challenges And Strategies, Xiaopeng Ni
Bridging Learners And Clients: Challenges And Strategies, Xiaopeng Ni
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
As discussed in my previous post, “Clients as an Instructional Resource,” integrating clients into the curriculum is promising and potentially innovative. A client-based course emphasizes a pedagogical orientation to gain real-word experience through meeting the “expressed needs” from the outside of the classroom. Students create impactful work, collaborate with clients, and sense professional culture. During the past several months, by collaborating with other faculty members, I had opportunities to implement some of these ideas in two graduate courses: Marketing Communication Planning and Instructional Design Capstone. The results, based on students’ feedback, are positive and well demonstrate its pedagogical values.
Rethinking The Library’S Role, Karen Caputo, Alyssa Darden
Rethinking The Library’S Role, Karen Caputo, Alyssa Darden
All Faculty and Staff Scholarship
Discussion of the library's evolving role in supporting students and the university community. In this presentation, we will discuss several projects and support services the Franklin University Library provides to the university community, including our etextbook initiatives, video tutorials, and rapid point-of-need reference services. These projects center around Affordability, Convenience, and Accessibility for our students, faculty, and staff.
Interactive Textbooks: What The Future Holds, Natalya Koehler
Interactive Textbooks: What The Future Holds, Natalya Koehler
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
Many educational publishing companies are creating digital textbooks, and like their traditional print counterparts, e-texts can be expensive. The common complaint about commercial textbooks is their high cost. Between 2006 and 2016, the prices of textbooks used in higher education increased by 73 percent (Senack & Donoghue, 2016).
Do You Apply Learning Theories To Your Online Course?, Jessie Kong
Do You Apply Learning Theories To Your Online Course?, Jessie Kong
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
Emerging technology is changing almost every aspect of our lives. As a result, we should not be surprised that new technology has an impact on how people learn. The development of online learning has rapidly increased through the advancement of technology. Indeed, technology is a powerful tool for instruction—it helps students actively engage in class activities, collaborate with their peers, and develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Of course, technology can also save time and money by delivering online instruction anytime and anywhere. Therefore, we cannot ignore the use of technology that can create many instructional strategies and activities.
Learning Commons Passport Presentation, Karen Caputo, Alyssa Darden
Learning Commons Passport Presentation, Karen Caputo, Alyssa Darden
All Faculty and Staff Scholarship
How do you meet your distance students where they are for instruction? With attention spans set by social media behavior, how do you ensure your instruction message gets across? We created a tutorial library – the Learning Commons Passport – with short, navigable and succinct instruction videos that are accessible to learners across the globe and that instructors can embed in their courses. We worked with our IT and interactive media teams to create the structure and templates, but maintained ownership over the site and videos so we could quickly create needed tutorials, push edits, and provide the most up-to-date …
The Emotional Roller Coaster Of Getting Stuff Done, Kevin Stoker
The Emotional Roller Coaster Of Getting Stuff Done, Kevin Stoker
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
Getting things done is both daunting and empowering…and sometimes overwhelming. It’s likely rare that you have too little to do. Every day you look at that pile of work on your desk or the 500 emails that you need to respond to and you wonder how you’ll get through it. When you look at the totality of the things you need to accomplish it can sometimes feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
What International Teaching Has Taught Me About Instructional Design, Niccole Hyatt
What International Teaching Has Taught Me About Instructional Design, Niccole Hyatt
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
As instructional designers, we rarely get an opportunity to interact with the learners who actually experience what we develop. We typically rely on learner evaluations, input from teaching faculty, or future enrollment numbers as evidence of positive instructional design interventions. However, there are many reasons why learning events succeed or fail. If a course is well designed, but the instructor is not up to par, can we blame the development of the course? What if the designer of a particular course is also the individual who teaches it? Taking it a step (or a flight) further, what if the class …
The Workflow Of Workflow, Jeannie Black
The Workflow Of Workflow, Jeannie Black
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
Have you ever heard the Lewis Carroll quote, “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there”? While it is true that not all who wander are lost, you shouldn’t completely forgo solid plans. Where do you start, though? With a cheat sheet, of course!
Applying Project Management Strategies In A Large Curriculum Conversion Project In Higher Education, Joel Gardner, Patrick A. Bennet, Niccole Hyatt, Kevin Stoker
Applying Project Management Strategies In A Large Curriculum Conversion Project In Higher Education, Joel Gardner, Patrick A. Bennet, Niccole Hyatt, Kevin Stoker
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
Higher education is undergoing great changes that require universities to adapt quickly, and making these changes can be difficult. One discipline that can aid in executing change is project management, which has developed a set of clear processes and strategies for completing initiatives quickly and effectively. Several authors have identified project management competencies as key in the practice of instructional design. However, in our experience it can be difficult to operationalize project management, particularly in instructional design projects that are large in scope and require a quick turnaround.
Mind Maps Allow Our Students To Paint A Picture!, Barbara Carder
Mind Maps Allow Our Students To Paint A Picture!, Barbara Carder
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
When Fred Barnard said that “a picture is worth a thousand words” back in 1927, odds are that he wasn’t thinking about mind maps in higher education, but his idiom was true then and it remains true today.
Investigating Instructional Design Management And Leadership Competencies - A Delphi Study, Joel Gardner, Lewis Chongwony, Tawana Washington
Investigating Instructional Design Management And Leadership Competencies - A Delphi Study, Joel Gardner, Lewis Chongwony, Tawana Washington
All Faculty and Staff Scholarship
Research in instructional design and educational technology journals typically focuses on the theories, technologies, and processes related to practice of instructional design. There is little research emphasis, however, on leadership and management of instructional design in higher education. Investigating the competencies associated with effective leadership and management of instructional design is critical as it would provide the field with guidance on how to more effectively prepare and train instructional design leaders and managers in higher education. In this study, we explored the competencies required for an instructional design manager to be effective in higher education settings. We used a Delphi …
Five Challenges For New Online Instructors, Constance Wanstreet
Five Challenges For New Online Instructors, Constance Wanstreet
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
A boot camp for new online instructors focused on five challenges related to transitioning to online teaching, building spaces for learning, preparing students for the work of online learning, managing the classroom & assessing learner outcomes.
Using Focus Groups For Assessment, Evaluation, And Improvement, Yuerong Sweetland
Using Focus Groups For Assessment, Evaluation, And Improvement, Yuerong Sweetland
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
A focus group, as Krueger (2015) defined, is “a carefully planned series of discussions designed to obtain perceptions on a defined area of interest in a permissive, non-threatening environment.” A focus group approach, as a qualitative method, can provide rich information on perceptions, feelings, and reactions through participant interactions resembling the dynamics of real life in a comfortable environment. In particular, it can be used to uncover mysteries behind vague or unexpected responses by probing into the “how” or “why” of participant behavior and thinking.
Learner Responsibility: Questions And Implications, Jesse Fuhrman
Learner Responsibility: Questions And Implications, Jesse Fuhrman
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
Recently, I was discussing the issue of personal responsibility with a colleague. Specifically, we were discussing the responsibility of students to know where certain kinds of information is found within a course, or how a certain type of action is accomplished within a given learning management system. At what point is it no longer the responsibility of the course designer to create learning objects to convey this information? When does the student bear the responsibility to either already know or to learn this information on their own?
My Reflections On The Association For Educational Communications And Technology (Aect) 2017 International Convention, Lewis Chongwony
My Reflections On The Association For Educational Communications And Technology (Aect) 2017 International Convention, Lewis Chongwony
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
From November 6 – 11, 2017, the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront in Jacksonville, Florida was a beehive of activity, as members of the AECT, one of the oldest professional organizations, passionate about uncovering better ways of helping people learn, congregated for the 2017 convention. With close to 400 concurrent sessions, several workshops, and more than 1,000 attendees, the place was beaming and brimming with excitement and an aura of freshness as attendees imbibed from pots of research, best practices, and experiences of speakers and peers both in sessions and during breaks. Looking around, I could easily tell that the 2017 …
O Designer, Look In The Mirror, Matthew Barclay
O Designer, Look In The Mirror, Matthew Barclay
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
What chef ever made a meal that he or she would not be happy to eat or was doubtful the paying customer would relish? It may happen but it is likely rare. People in the profession of cooking and creating excellent meals take pride in their work to satisfy their customers. They strive for the joy of those they serve.
Looking Back, Looking Forward: Instructional Design Reflections, Rob Wood
Looking Back, Looking Forward: Instructional Design Reflections, Rob Wood
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
Franklin University graduate student Amie Tope is preparing to enter the instructional design field in early 2018. Dr. Rob Wood has been practicing instructional design since 1988 and serves as a faculty member at Franklin University. Amie and Rob recently sat down for an informal, collegial discussion to talk about their perspectives. While Amie looks forward to stepping across the threshold and formally beginning her instructional design career, Rob is looking back over nearly 30 years as an instructional designer and considering what eventual retirement might look like.
Clients As An Instructional Resource, Xiaopeng Ni
Clients As An Instructional Resource, Xiaopeng Ni
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
Higher education is under pressure to change from both within and outside (Christensen & Eyring, 2011). One such pressure is from future employers. According to the survey conducted by The Chronicle of Higher Education (Supiano, 2013), most employers significantly value students’ authentic experience over their classroom activities or grades. Authentic learning experience is a direction for teaching and learning innovations. As I discussed in my previous blog post (“Let’s Get Real about Learning”), authentic learning facilitates the transfer of learning and provides students contextual knowledge and skills. Students who learned decontextualized knowledge can answer items on a test but may …
Human Resource Development For Learning And Performance Improvement, Jessie Kong
Human Resource Development For Learning And Performance Improvement, Jessie Kong
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
Having studied Human Resource Development (HRD) in my Ph.D. program, I have received many questions from students, colleagues, and others about what HRD is. Therefore, this post briefly discusses the definition and functions of HRD as they relate to the role of an instructional design leader
7 Skills Of Knowledge Work, Joel Gardner
7 Skills Of Knowledge Work, Joel Gardner
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
We are now working in the knowledge society, in which information and knowledge are the primary commodity. The majority of employees in this society are knowledge workers, which means their primary function is to gather and create new knowledge. The nature of work in the knowledge society is cross-disciplinary, complex, varied, and ambiguous, and knowledge workers must be able to access and use broad knowledge in flexible yet disciplined manner.
Why Should You Use An Introductions Activity In Every Course?, Erin Wehmeyer
Why Should You Use An Introductions Activity In Every Course?, Erin Wehmeyer
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
Introductions and icebreakers are very popular activates but they are also dreaded by participants (and leaders). I recently read a blog, Icebreakers that Rock (www.cultofpedagogy.com), which explains what is wrong with most icebreakers and gives three examples of icebreakers that don’t have the “cheese” factor that tends to make us cringe. Icebreakers can be effective tools to create a sense of team or community in a group. But most icebreakers require some type of physical interaction (e.g., grouping, lines, circles, physical characteristics). How do we make these activities correlate to the online classroom (or meeting)? What’s missing from the online …
Everyone Needs An Editor, Gregory Kurtz
Everyone Needs An Editor, Gregory Kurtz
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
Walt Disney once said, “Everyone needs deadlines.” That statement may seem straightforward enough, but it’s important to note that the entertainment legend was referring not merely to arbitrary dates on a calendar. Rather, Disney was talking about the benchmarks to which each contributor to a project must adhere in order for a creative process to reach its ultimate goal—the delivery of a product or production on time and with a minimum of frantic, last-minute activity. Failing to recognize and meet deadlines can easily lead to ill-advised shortcuts and the resulting deliverable either falling short of its full potential or even …
How To Select An Instructional Design Master’S Program – List #1, Yi Yang
How To Select An Instructional Design Master’S Program – List #1, Yi Yang
The International Institute for Innovative Instruction Blog
Instructional design jobs are continuously becoming more in demand. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that by the year 2022, jobs in instructional design are expected to increase by 15 percent. Most of these positions either require or prefer a master’s degree. Getting a master’s degree is thrilling. Searching for the best program and school that meets your needs is exciting and daunting. If you are shopping for an instructional design master’s program, first of all, consider your needs and goals. To help you out, try answering the questions in the following list, LIST #1: My Needs and Goals.