The Learner-Centered Instructional Designer: Purposes, Processes, and Practicalities of Creating Online Courses in Higher Education

by Jerod Quinn (editor)

"What does a new instructional designer need to know to find her or his feet when working with faculty to create online classes?"

This is a practical handbook for established and aspiring instructional designers in higher education, readers who may also be identified by such professional titles as educational developer, instructional technologist, or online learning specialist.

Jerod Quinn, together with a team of experienced instructional designers who have worked extensively with a wide range of faculty on a multiplicity of online courses across all types of institutions, offer key guiding principles, insights and advice on how to develop productive and collegial partnerships with faculty to deliver courses that engage students and promote enduring learning.

Designing and developing online classes for higher education takes a combination of pedagogical knowledge, the ability to build trust with faculty, familiarity with frameworks on how people learn, understanding of accessibility and inclusion, and technical skills to leverage a learning management system into an educational experience. Coming from diverse backgrounds, few instructional designers enter academia well versed in all of these aspects of creating online classes. This book provides the foundation on which instructional designers can build their careers.

The guiding principle that animates this book is that the student experience and successful learning outcomes are paramount, and governs discussion of course design, pedagogy, the use of multimedia and technological advances, as well as the use of different forms of interactive exercises and group assignments. The succinct, informally written chapters offer ideas and means to apply theory to the daily work of instructional design and cover the four key components that drive this work in higher




Defining the scope and main design approaches of our work
Building trust with the faculty we work with
Applying frameworks of how people learn
Mastering common online instructional practices.

Genres: Teaching

252 pages, Unknown Binding

Published November 17, 2020

Reviews

[Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

There's a lot in Quinn's book that would be of use to both IDs but also to faculty who are planning and designing courses for remote delivery. Some of the information that focuses on "best practices" is not contextualized enough, however, there is good theory and practice points in this text.

[Rachelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

A must read for any new instructional designer (like myself).