INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
Instructional design is a process by which learning needs are analyzed and instructional materials are systematically designed, developed, and delivered. Our instructional designers use modified backwards design, consisting of a combination of models to drive the process.
Instructional Design and Technology at Xavier
Instructional Designers and Technologists are available to assist faculty in the development of online, blended, and face-to-face instruction, which include use of Blackboard and a variety of technology tools for the creation of instructional material. Instructional Designers and Technologists can assist you with:
- Ensuring assessments and learning activities align with measurable learning outcomes
- Applying the appropriate pedagogy for the specific learning environment whether classroom, online, or blended
- Relating effective ways of motivating and engaging students in activities designed for learning
- Designing and developing educational materials to support the facilitator role
- Assessing the cognitive value of various types of media that you may want to use in your course
- Designing and creating multimedia or other educational materials to support active learning
- Adapting instructional materials for alternative delivery methods, i.e. online
- Fostering presence and community through motivating and engaging activities
- Navigating the tool set provided within Blackboard, using the appropriate Blackboard tools most effectively
- Determining innovative tools/practices most suitable for the desired type of learning and course delivery
- Employing best practices in distance learning using quality standards
- Ensuring Web-based course content is user friendly and accessible
Specific project directions include:
- Course design
- Blackboard course interface design
- Unit/lesson creation
- Quiz/assessment design
- Scenarios/simulations and contextual learning development
- Podcast/vodcast creation
- Social media incorporation
- Accessible content development
- User testing to ensure site usability
- Powerpoint presentations/narrated lectures
- Interactivity design and production (blogs, Wikis, journals)
Contact Information
For more information about our services or to request a new project, contact Kristen Billings Motzer by email: billingsk@xavier.edu or phone: 513-745-4203.
