Instructional Design Services - At Scale

Concurrent Session 7

Brief Abstract

As online delivery increases for traditional institutions, models are needed to help scale instructional design support through faculty development. Join the Teaching Center from University of Maryland College Park, to hear about our Design Sprints and consider ways you might blend professional development for instructors with instructional design services.

Presenters

Lead Presenter: Mary Warneka, University System of Maryland - University of Maryland - College Park

Co-presenter: Louisa Nkrumah, University of Maryland College Park

Louisa is a Learning Experience Designer in the Teaching and Learning Transformation Center at the University of Maryland - College Park. In her role, she provides instructional consulting, support, and training, learning technologies support and implementation, and instructional design support. Louisa is very passionate about active learning, instructor presence, and helping instructors create an engaging learning environment for students. Louisa holds a B.S. in Applied Behavioral Sciences and an M.Ed. in Training and Development, both from Penn State Harrisburg. She is a Quality Matters course reviewer and completed the Online Learning Consortium’s Instructional Designer Certification.

Extended Abstract

Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session, participants will:

  • Contrast the Design Sprint content and structure with your existing (or planned) online teaching certificate or instructional design services.

  • Explore creative opportunities in your institution to increase capacity for course design

Description:

Now more than ever, traditional institutions of higher education are embracing the value of instructional design services, but when capacity is limited how can centers provide quality support at scale?  Join staff from the Teaching & Learning Transformation Center from the University of Maryland College Park, to hear about our Design Sprints which blend professional development for instructors with instructional design services. Through a mixture of asynchronous materials, live webinars and individualized consultations - our team of two partnered with staff across campus to provide course design support for over 500 instructors, impacting over 22,000 student registrations. 

In this reflective and interactive session, participants will examine the content included in our program and  contrast it with your plans for, or existing, online teaching certificate or instructional design services. Do you provide LMS templates, coach on objectives and assessments as well as guide the development of an equitable and inclusive learning climate? Are there program or discipline-specific topics you would need to cover in your context? Are there materials we may already have that would be helpful?

We will share how we expanded our capacity by building relationships across campus and will help you explore creative opportunities you might consider to increase support. Are there instructional technologists, assessment experts, students or fledgling instructional designers who might apprentice in a structured experience and provide support to others? We will share how we incorporated all of these communities.

Come join in the conversation about scalable instructional design work as it merges with faculty development and community partnerships.

Agenda & Activities

  • Introductions (5 min)

  • Overview of Design Sprint delivery model (8 min)

  • Overview of Design Sprint content (5 min)

    • Activity - Personal Reflection & Report Out (5 min)  

  • Explanation of Design Sprint consultation model & training of additional staff (8 min)

    • Activity: What additional people may be interested in supporting this work? (1 min) 

  • Closing - Resources, Next Steps & Questions (13 min)