In the "good old days" just a few years ago, the term "teaching" at a college or university implied classroom teaching. Today "teaching" may also imply a classroom environment enriched by multi-media resources, asynchronous courses offered completely online, and myriad variations on those themes.
Along with these alternatives to the traditional classroom has come an urgent necessity for many faculty to master new ways of teaching. Indeed, they need a framework for creating and adapting instruction so it will be effective regardless of the multi-media tools and course delivery systems which continue to emerge. In short, they need a solid grounding in the principles of instructional design, specifically in the ways adults learn best. That's important because the average age of undergraduate students is going up.
A key feature of this live satellite event is that the information presented in the interactive video program will be enhanced by a "learning package" of print and Web materials, so faculty will have a "hard copy" of basic resources for use in future applications.
This "how-to" event for faculty will include
- basic principles of instructional design
- fundamental tenets of adult learning theory and practice (andragogy)
- approaches to writing measurable learning objectives
- ways to use Bloom's taxonomy to improve student learning
- examples of instructional design for top-quality multimedia and online courses, which are student-centered and self-directed
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Panelists
Suzanne Dunn, PhD, supervises the instructional design efforts in the development of video- and computer-based courseware for use by traditional and non-traditional students nationally and internationally. Suzanne is the Director of Product Design for the LeCroy Center for Educational Telecommunications in the Dallas County Community College District, a leader in distance education for almost three decades. Prior to her current position, she spent twenty years in instructional design and multimedia production, plus research and teaching at the university level. She has also worked as a consultant in developing training programs.
Jan McAuliffe, PhD, oversees the quality delivery of all education courses and programs for adult learners for one of the nation's leading providers of online education. As Dean of the College of Education at the University of Phoenix, Jane applies instructional design and adult learning principles to the creation and implementation of multiple format courses for adults. The University of Phoenix has 103,200 degree-seeking students currently enrolled, of which 29,000 are enrolled in the University of Phoenix Online.
Martha Meacham, PhD, helps distance learning faculty use instructional design and multimedia in Web-based, interactive video and instructional TV courses. She also creates and leads online workshops for faculty development. As an instructional designer at Austin Community College, Martha uses a systematic approach that focuses on assisting students to achieve specific learning outcomes in an interactive, engaging learning environment. She also teaches Instructional Design for graduate students in the University of Phoenix Online, and is a frequent presenter at professional conferences on online learning.