Category Archives: Instructional Design

OERs: Creating Assignments with Public Domain Documents

Posted on July 29, 2011 by geoffcain

Image via WikipediaWhile working on the Kaleidoscope Project (assisting faculty at eight colleges develop courses that implement open education resources or open textbooks), I have run into interesting instructional design challenges with creating assignments using materials that were written a … Continue reading →

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OERs and the Next Stage of Open Textbooks

Posted on July 8, 2011 by geoffcain

By rubyblossom. via FlickrThere are some exciting things happening in the world of open education resources and open textbooks. I have worked in the recent past on projects that create or find open education resources, participated in presentations on open textbooks, … Continue reading →

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OER Africa: Course Development Handbook

Posted on March 2, 2011 by geoffcain

Image via WikipediaI am currently reading Santosh Panda’s textbook Handbook on In-House Style for Course Development.  This would be recommended reading for new course developers or distance education admins who are new to the field or need to develop a … Continue reading →

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The Instructional Designer’s Toolkit

Posted on February 22, 2011 by geoffcain

Image via WikipediaI have watched instructional designers from top-notch universities loaded down with the latest theories completely flounder when faced with the realities of the work. With instructional designers, I look for two things: a portfolio and any teaching/tutoring experience. … Continue reading →

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Instructional Design: Beyond the Formulas

Posted on December 20, 2010 by geoffcain

Image via WikipediaI am reviewing ID literature and textbooks, and I am dissatisfied with the formulaic approaches that assume things like uniform standards, that the stake-holders know what the standards are, all the students will meet the same outcomes the same way, … Continue reading →

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An Open Textbook as an Open Community

Posted on November 3, 2010 by geoffcain

Image via WikipediaOpen textbooks can sustain a community of practitioners in a given field. With commercial texts, and texts that are not truly openly licensed, English instructors can’t get together, make decisions about the needs of their students, and change … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Fixes to Improve Sakai Course Design

Posted on June 17, 2010 by geoffcain

Image via Wikipedia Thomas Boudrot – Oregon Health & Science UniversityThomas Boudrot is the Manager of Academic Technology at Oregon Health & Science University. His team provides instructional design and technical support to three schools and numerous departments in the … Continue reading →

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How Sakai Solved the Multi-Section Problem for Romance Languages

Posted on June 16, 2010 by geoffcain

Image via Wikipedia Rob Moore – UNC-Chapel Hill Dept of Romance LanguagesRob Moore is a 2004 graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and has worked at UNC for almost six years. He is entering his fourth year as Manager of the Foreign … Continue reading →

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Instructor Driven Course Site Design

Posted on June 16, 2010 by geoffcain

Image via Wikipedia Yitna Firdyiwek is Faculty Consultant in Instructional Technology at the University of Virginia. Abstract:Sakai is now in full production at the University of Virginia where its adoption rate has been steadily growing over the last two and … Continue reading →

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The Art of Describing

Posted on April 26, 2010 by geoffcain

Image via Wikipedia There are often connections between my artistic life and my work in education that are surprising. I am reading a book called “The Art of Describing” by Svetlana Alpers. It is a book about Dutch art in … Continue reading →

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