Instructional Design & Course Development

Individual Consultations – Designing and developing content and strategies for teaching in various learning environments. These are arranged with an instructional designer, support specialist, instructional technologist or other TLOS staff member specialist in areas including graphics design, media development, and digital imaging. This addresses specific areas of course design/development including teaching strategy, content development, assessment, and quality assurance.

Canvas Course Development Consultation – Designing and developing content and strategies for teaching with Canvas LMS. These are arranged with an instructional designer. This will allow faculty to build upon the tools/features/functions training provided by student consultants and follow up on the Professional Development Network (PDN) sessions focused on the transition to Canvas.

Group Consultations  – Focused on a specific topic, these group sessions provide open consultation and discussion with TLOS staff members, templates for various course components, job aids, and access to modules as follow up. Participants are also encouraged to continue with individual consultation. (Computer Refresh participants receive PDN credit.)

Topics currently include:

• Introduction to Effective Course Design
• Designing for All Learners
• Preparing for Quality Assurance Review
• If enrollment warrants, these consultation sessions can also be focused on a specific learning environment (online, blended, flipped, traditional classroom) The purpose of this consultation is to allow for groups of faculty to learn with and from each other in group discussion and working format make the most effective use of faculty time within a department or program.

Canvas Course Development Group Consultation – Focused on best practices and strategies for the Canvas LMS, these group sessions provide open consultation and discussion with LED staff, templates for various course components, job aids and access to modules as follow up. Participants are also encouraged to continue with individual consultation. If enrollment warrants, these consultation sessions can also be focused on a specific learning environment (online, blended, flipped, traditional classroom). This option allows groups of faculty to learn with and from each other in group discussions. (Computer Refresh participants receive PDN credit.)

Faculty Working Groups – This semester-long approach is focused on working groups from a particular discipline, program, or college. It includes professional development structuring the course design/redesign and development process. The professional development results in mastery certification and the design/redesign and development culminates in a quality assurance review for the course. Faculty participating have bi-weekly group consultations with an instructional designer and support specialists and referrals to other TLOS staff members for technology and media integration. Faculty also have the option for individual consultations as desired. This will allow for a group of faculty developing courses in a program to work together for consistent approach and design, participate in professional development structuring course development, meet regularly for assistance from instructional designers, and complete quality assurance review for courses.