Tag Archives: instructional design

Hypothes.is: Annotation Starter Assignments

Posted on January 6, 2023 by geoffcain

I was in a great workshop today from the Hypothesis Customer Success Team on Starter Assignments to get students used to annotating. Clover Park Technical College is a partner campus so we have access to workshops, a campus customer support … Continue reading →

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What is “Instructional Design”?

Posted on October 21, 2022 by geoffcain

I like to revisit this question every year because as education changes and evolves, so does the definition of instructional design. Postings like these are always unsatisfactory because it is difficult to say that there is one thing that we … Continue reading →

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Instructional Design Resources for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Posted on January 26, 2022 by geoffcain

This post is to provide resources for future collaboration with faculty and other instructional designers. If you have rubrics, tools, frameworks, or other resources that you have found useful, please comment below. This is a short list to get IDs … Continue reading →

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Exploring the OSCQR Course Design Rubric

Posted on December 9, 2020 by geoffcain

In my work as an education consultant and instructional designer, I often collaborate with faculty and departments with course design rubrics. Previously in this blog I did a series of posts reviewing course design rubrics. My work has shown that … Continue reading →

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Peralta’s Equity Rubric

Posted on December 29, 2018 by geoffcain

If you haven’t seen this before, I think this is a pretty big deal: Peralta Community College’s Equity Rubric. I have been thinking about this for a while now. There are similar efforts around Edu. There are some that attempt … Continue reading →

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Inclusive Pedagogy at Skagit Valley College

Posted on July 24, 2018 by geoffcain

These are my notes from today’s presentation. This meeting included a brief overview of the history of equity initiatives at SVC in general and in their faculty learning groups in specific. This is my first workshop on Tuesday, July 24 … Continue reading →

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Rendezvous 2018 Guided Pathways and Designing for Equity: a prelude…

Posted on July 23, 2018 by geoffcain

I am at at conference this summer – Rendezvous 2018 – Guided Pathways: Designing for Equity. I have chosen the strand “Rendezvous 2018: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion / Creating an Inclusive and Culturally Responsive Classroom” because I feel we are … Continue reading →

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MOOCs, Student Success, and Instructional Design

Posted on November 29, 2017 by geoffcain

One of the common problems with online learning and MOOCs is student success and retention. Traditionally, there is a large gap between the success and retention rates of face-to-face and online courses. Just as some students need help in understanding … Continue reading →

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Wrapping Up The Rubrics

Posted on October 12, 2017 by geoffcain

I started this series with a general overview of rubrics in general with the posting  Evaluating Online Courses: a prelude. I learned a lot reviewing the seven rubrics below for online courses: CA Community College’s Online Education Initiative Rubric Quality … Continue reading →

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Course Rubrics: OEI

Posted on July 29, 2017 by geoffcain

The first rubric I will look at in this first of a seven-part series looking at course evaluation rubrics is the California Community College’s Online Education Initiative rubric. Who wrote it? This rubric was created by the California Community College … Continue reading →

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