The future of instructional design - or my heart belongs to ADDIE

Victoria Harbour, BC

On Sunday, I attended a very interesting meeting of about 50 instructional designers (what is a good collective noun for instructional designers?) from across British Columbia, at Camosun College, Victoria. This was a pre-conference workshop before the Educational Technology Users Group of BC’s Spring Workshop (more on [...]

Instructional design networking event, British Columbia

“Just Instructional Design” is an instructional design networking event taking place on June 6th in Victoria, BC, at Camosun College (Lansdowne Campus). This event will provide an opportunity to network and discuss relevant topics related to instructional design with other instructional designers (who have a variety of different experiences).

This event will be taking [...]

What do instructors need to know about teaching with technology?

I believe that we will see no real innovation, no fundamental change, in post-secondary education, at least from within, unless all instructors have basic training in teaching at a post-secondary level.

I was involved in developing a post-graduate certificate in technology-based distributed learning which later morphed into a full Master in Educational Technology at [...]

More on the Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative

Kolowich, S. (2009) Hybrid education 2.0 Inside Higher Education, December 28

An interesting article that provides more information about the Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative, particularly the instructional design behind the initiative.

The importance of the model (if I understand it correctly) is that while providing a more or less self-standing online learning environment, [...]

R2D2: A model for using technology in education

Bonk, C. (2009) R2D2: A model for using technology in education eSchool News, December 11

For all you Luke Skywalkers and Princess Leias in e-learning, this article provides a good summary of Curtis Bonk’s R2D2 instructional design model for web-based learning. Curtis is one of the good guys in e-learning. (Me, I’m with Darth [...]