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Instructional Design

Instructional designers are experienced educators in both the face-to-face classroom and online environments (K-20), and have the professional background in Web and multimedia development to collaborate with faculty across campus in identifying technology-assisted teaching and learning strategies that will best support specific instructional objectives. Course development and multimedia resource design are carefully planned within a framework of:

  • task analysis
  • competency specification
  • instructional strategies:
    • cognitive & affective benefits
    • learning theory
    • learning styles
    • accessibility
    • options in online assessment)
  • media selection
  • user interface
  • prototyping
  • formative and summative evaluation
  • multi-disciplinary project management

Support Services available:



Professional development support is available in a variety of delivery formats:

  • On-campus small-group workshops (Miller Hall)
  • Off-campus videoconferencing with application sharing
  • Individual consultations
    • In-person (your office)
    • By phone
    • By Remote Assistance
  • Links to professional development resources on the ATUS/Instructional Design web site
  • By e-mail attachment of multimedia and print tutorials
  • Open-entry/open-exit online course, “Extending Your Teaching and Learning Options with BlackBoard” (in development).

Register for an on-campus small-group workshop at:
http://west.wwu.edu/training

To schedule an in-person meeting, a videoconference or Remote Assistance contact:

John Farquhar, ATUS
Miller Hall 199B, 650-6538
john.farquhar@wwu.edu

Content Design

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  • matching content to appropriate information design
  • designing for “multiple intelligences” and learning styles
  • designing for flexibility and accessibility (including re-use of your resources in multiple teaching and learning contexts)
  • designing “reusable learning objects”, for example:
    • searchable content repositories
    • archived student presentations
    • departmental test banks

Interaction Design

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A review of options for communication and collaboration:

  • faculty > student(s)
  • student(s) > student(s)
  • student > variety of content (text, auditory, visual, kinesthetic)
  • small- and large-group collaborations online

Assessment Design

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  • options for assessing your students’ knowledge after use of a technology-supported resource
  • design of formative and summative evaluation such that your students will have opportunities to provide ongoing feedback
  • rubric design for online resources (such as Chat, asynchronous small-group and whole-class discussion)

Needs Requirements

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Assistance in outlining the scope and sequence of your instructional project:

  • matching technology resources with your instructional objectives
  • identifying dependent tasks and project timelines
  • identifying and facilitating technology training in which you might wish to participate
  • determining instructional context and environment
  • evaluation of existing content
  • identification of new content needs
  • addressing Copyright and Intellectual Property issues
  • anticipating Accessibility issues (physical, cognitive, technical)

Development of Instructional Materials & Activities

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  • full support for transitioning all, or part, of an existing course to the online environment.
  • development of new courses online
  • Blackboard professional development
  • Classroom Response System professional development

Research & Best Practices in Teaching & Learning with Technology

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Featuring:

  • articles and research papers written by Western faculty
  • exemplary technology-assisted projects at Western
  • guidelines and standards
  • best practice examples from other institutions
  • peer-reviewed research available online

    • plus contact information for:
  • TLT organizations
  • online publications devoted to TLT
  • online Web conferences devoted to issues in TLT

TLT Grant Proposal Assistance

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Assistance in the drafting of technology-assisted grant proposals:

  • prototype screens
  • flowcharts
  • detailed information on proposed technology
  • tools and resources
  • budget
  • scheduling
  • storyboarding and scripting

Usability

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  • design of formative and summative surveys for online courses
  • heuristic analysis
  • development of maintenance and enhancement proposals

Interface Design (in collaboration with ATUS graphic, web and video specialists)

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  • navigation options
  • graphic design (palette, “look-and-feel”)
  • customized graphics and icons

Multimedia Design (in collaboration with ATUS graphic, web and video specialists)

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A review of multimedia options for integration with your other face-to-face and online instructional resources:

  • audio
  • video
  • animation (simulation, scenarios)