Instructional Design

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The Importance of Instructional Design in Higher Education

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When wanting to know the importance of Instructional Design, the first step is to define this ever-evolving realm of learning processes. Instructional Design is defined as the systematic development of instructional specifications using learning and instructional theory to ensure the quality of instruction. Now knowing the definition of Instructional Design, how does this apply to higher […]

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Alternative Assessment Methods For Online Environment

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Student learning can be demonstrated through many different but equitable assessment methods. In considering an alternative to an existing assessment, faculty may need to consider alternative assessment strategies with respect to end-of-semester formal exams and/or continuous assessments. These strategies could be considered as an online alternative to assessments that would generally be carried out in

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Social Work Program Director Amanda Jones uses video to help her students prepare for real world practice

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We spoke with Meredith’s Social Work Program Director Amanda Jones, MSW, LCSW, about an assignment she’s been giving her students in her SWK390 course, General Individual Practice. Can you describe the assignment? For the Experiential Interviewing Exercise (EIE) assignment, students are assigned a practice client (one of their classmates) and will work with that practice

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Meredith’s Office of Career Planning delivers Resume and Interview skills online.

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Meredith’s Office of Career Planning (OCP) has been using online modules developed by the Instructional Design and Academic Technology team to extend the reach of their office to provide students with resume and interviewing skills. We talked to the OCP’s Katie Peterssen to learn more. Why did OCP decide to do these modules? Peterssen: OCP

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Digital Storytelling Project Spotlight – “Women Warriors” and their Callings

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For the Fall 2018 semester, Associate Professor of English, Kelly Roberts, Ph.D,  connected the summer reading book, Callings, by David Isay, with a digital storytelling project in her English 111 Principles of Writing course. Instructional Design Specialist Paul Keys, M.Ed, helped Roberts’s students use WeVideo, a cloud-based video editor, to complete their projects. We caught

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Stories Worth Telling: Bringing Documentary Filmmaking into the College Classroom

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By Paul Keys, M.Ed., Instructional Designer & Kris Macomber, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology Colleges and universities are charged with preparing students to meet the new challenges and demands they will regularly face throughout their lives. In keeping with this charge, we see the ability to communicate effectively in our audio-visual, multimedia world as an

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