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"This site is designed to provide information about instructional design principles and how they relate to teaching and learning. Instructional design, also know as instructional systems design, is the analysis of learning needs and systematic development of instruction. Instructional designers often use instructional technology or educational technology as tools for developing instruction. Instructional design models typically specify a method, that if followed will facilitate the transfer of knowledge, skills and attitude to the recipient or acquirer of the instruction. Obviously paying attention to "best practices", and innovative teaching methods will make any instructional design model more effective."

The authors argue that design-based research, which blends empir- ical educational research with the theory-driven design of learning environments, is an important methodology for understanding how, when, and why educational innovations work in practice. Design- based researchers' innovations embody specific theoretical claims about teaching and learning, and help us understand the relationships among educational theory, designed artifact, and practice. Design is central in efforts to foster learning, create usable knowledge, and ad- vance theories of learning and teaching in complex settings. Design- based research also may contribute to the growth of human capacity for subsequent educational reform.

Design-Based Research Collective is a small group of researchers who engage in design-based research, often in technology enhanced learning environments. In our own work, we have come to recognize the need to better define the nature, methods, and outcomes of design-based research so that we may more easily share our own research and build on the work of others.

The design of a web-based, networked learning environment, Future Learning Environment Tools (FLE-Tools) embodies a model of progressive inquiry. In this paper, we introduce the progressive inquiry model and describe how different modules FLE-Tools are designed to facilitate participation in this kind of inquiry. Results of a pilot experiment of using FLE-Tools in higher education are presented. The study was based on an analysis of 125 messages posted by thirteen university students to the FLE-Tools database. The results indicated that the course provided positive evidence for an integration of progressive inquiry and online discussion. The pedagogical and design challenges with which we are currently struggling are discussed: the problems of creating a learning community for students collaborating at distance or managing large number of entries in FLE's database.

Becoming aware of learner perceptions Posted on March 10, 2012 | 1 Comment A number of surveys have compared employees' perceptions of what they need and managers' perceptions of what employees need. These are listed by priority in the table below.

"Quality Matters (QM) is a faculty-centered, peer review process that is designed to certify the quality of online and blended courses. QM is a leader in quality assurance for online education and has received national recognition for its peer-based approach and continuous improvement in online education and student learning."

For program sponsors, we design new, or audit existing, motivation, incentive and reward programs to increase their effectiveness and reduce your costs. Through the use of proven motivational theory, behavioral economics and social psychology we can help you drive extraordinary company performance. For incentive companies we provide a unique perspective when designing programs for their clients as well as support for their marketing and sales efforts.

Universal Design for Learning is a set of principles for curriculum development that give all individuals equal opportunities to learn. UDL provides a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyone--not a single, one-size-fits-all solution but rather flexible approaches that can be customized and adjusted for individual needs.

Useful infographics - design ideas

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Higher Ed and K-12 Education - online course design assessment, benchmarking, evaluation, assessment

" What makes a learning organisation (Word, 43kb) This document explores the characteristics of a learning organisation Find out what your learning style is (Word, 52kb) An activity you could do with your staff or users to discover their preferred learning styles Defining learning: outline for a training session (Word, 52kb) This training session is designed to be used with groups of up to 15 staff, working with a facilitator to help them explore the broad definition of learning adopted by Inspiring Learning. The session should run for up to 1.5 hours. Building a learning team (Word, 58kb) A document to support you to build a learning team. It identifies that a balance needs to be struck between achieving a task and providing opportunities to reflect on the process itself to promote individual and collective learning within your organisation."

Welcome to the companion website to our ELI presentation on Assessing Learning Spaces. We have made many of our instruments and resources available for your reference. However, since we have worked in cooperation with several institutions and modified their instruments for our use, we'd ask that you contact them directly to get permission to do the same. The San José State University Academic Success Center opened in October 2006 with a goal to increase student success by providing 21st-century technology, informal and formal learning spaces, and the services and support. The objective was to build an integrative center that provides students with an innovative space and technology tools for collaboration and promotes faculty pedagogical innovation through the use of our Incubator Classroom, winner of the 2007 Campus Technology Innovators Award. By combining physical space, technology tools, and an intensive professional development program, the ASC exemplifies a new synergistic model for the campus.

"Bloom's Digital Taxonomy - Activity Analysis Tool Purpose: This tool is designed to analize classroom activities and units for the balance of Higher Order and Lower Order thinking skills. Analysis can either be a simple overview of task construction or a analysis of time allocation to each specific taxonomic level.

"The Text Analysis Developers Alliance is an international group of designers and developers of text analysis tools. The mission of TADA is to encourage collaboration among researchers and to provide useful resources to developers and users."

Steps in doing a social network analysis

"Using seven design principles and a simple method, the World Café is a powerful social technology for engaging people in conversations that matter, offering an effective antidote to the fast-paced fragmentation and lack of connection in today's world. Based on the understanding that conversation is the core process that drives personal, business, and organizational life, the World Café is more than a method, a process, or technique - it's a way of thinking and being together sourced in a philosophy of conversational leadership."