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Comments on flaws in the 'instructional design' model of development. From CQU.

"...if we properly trained instructors in post-secondary education, would we still need instructional designers?"

"Instructional Consulting is proud to present Dr. Curt Bonk, Professor in Instructional Systems Technology, Indiana University, in a video series addressing the design and best practices of Distance Education courses. The videos are about 10 minutes long and each topic is accompanied by a list of useful resources."

"Instructional Design Tips for Online Learning was developed by Joan Van Duzer of Humboldt State University to be used in conjunction with the Rubric for Online Instruction developed by CSU, Chico, c 2002."

"To meet the goal of "preparing people for an ever-changing world", instructional programs need to apply strategies that focus on the development of critical thinking, problem solving, research, and lifelong learning. Those goals require a sociocultural approach to instruction emphasizing learning from experience and discourse. Sociocultural instructional designers question the applicability of traditional ID models because their molecular approach focuses on controlling the learner and environment, which often leads to inert knowledge. This article develops a sociocultural ID model and compares views of learning, roles of learners and teachers, instructional strategies, and the use of tools with the traditional ID approach."

Universal Design For Learning - supporting the diversity of learners.

Long list of instructional design models

The Chronicle with more surface stuff on MOOCs. There's very little to learn about Mooc design except don't make instructions ambiguous (with which I totally agree!)

"This knowledge base features learning theories that address how people learn. A resource useful for scholars of various fields such as educational psychology, instructional design, and human-computer interaction. Below is the index of learning theories, grouped in somewhat arbitrary categories. Note that this website is an iterative project and these entries are a work in progress; please leave comments with suggestions, corrections, and additional references."

"I have designed and produced a series of 27 brief (7-10 minute) videos related to teaching online."

user experience honeycomb model - useful, usable, findable, valuable, credible, desirable, accessible

"...nine points of customization that can map neatly to the four phases of any course: the beginning, early middle, late middle, and wrap-up."

"A faculty member's real value is in their interaction with students... Faculty should focus on this aspect of their teaching and automate as much as possible the simple content delivery part."

ARticle on the challenges that ICT brings to teacher PD and argues for a community of practice model of PD. Notes that PD shouldn't be 're-tooling' but should open pedagogical opportunities.

"Here are some of the plagiarism prevention strategies: Get to know your students. Require up-to-date research. Require revisions. Require a journal. Vary the audience."