An overview on elements of instructional design and developing related to eLearning and higher education.

1. Summer 2014
Instructional Design
& Development
Presentation by !
Greg Glaus
Accessible Version: https://drive.google.com/a/kent.edu/file/d/
0B1oZ1kk9_849c1FCWVdLSTBxdWs/edit?usp=sharing

2. Agenda
❖ The goal of this presentation is to provide a fundamental
overview of the topics below:!
❖ Purpose of Instructional Design!
❖ Backwards Design!
❖ ADDIE Model!
❖ Rubrics and Assessment !
❖ Quality Matters!
❖ Accessibility!
❖ Open Educational Resources (OERs)

3. Purpose of…
Instructional
Design
Instructional design is meant to be
intentional with the main goals of:!
!
• Improve efficiency!
!
• Improve effectiveness !
!
It requires the use of creative analysis and
keeping up to date with innovations in
online learning environments.

4. Purpose
• Instructional design provides the designer, faculty
member, or administrator an opportunity to
utilize specific methods and tools to create an
intentional and productive eLearning
environment.
Instructional
Design

5. Backwards Design
❖ Backward Design involves
three stages:!
❖ Identify the desired results!
❖ Determine acceptable levels of
evidence!
❖ Design activities that will obtain
desired results!
❖ Backwards design helps course
content remain focused and
organized, moving toward
intended learning goals

6. ADDIE Model of Design!
• The ADDIE Model is a good example of
collaborative instructional design.!
• ADDIE stands for:!
• Analyze!
• Design!
• Develop!
• Implement!
• Evaluate!
• The 5 phases are meant to work in a cyclical fashion
to provide instructional designers the opportunity to
revisit the phases as needed.
ADDIE Model of Design

7. The case for…
Rubrics &
Assessment
"It's amazing how much better student's
work has become since I created and
shared the assignment rubric with them.
Now that they know what is expected,
they almost always exceed my
expectations”!
!
http://www.tltgroup.org/OLI/workshopINFO/rubrics200907.htm

8. Rubrics & Assessments
❖ A rubric is a scoring tool that communicates expectations of an
assignment to the intended participants!
❖ Creating rubrics, being too rigid can limit you, but not being
specific enough defeats the purpose of a rubric entirely!
❖ To create a quality rubric, you must first have a quality assignment
in which:!
❖ Clearly articulates expectations!
❖ Defines timelines for submission!
❖ Relates assignment to learning objectives of the course!
❖ Rubrics need to have: Objectives, Standards, and Measurements.

9. Quality Matters
❖ Quality Matters (QM) is a
program that is nationally
recognized which includes a
peer review process to certify
the quality of online courses
and component at currently
over 700 institutions.!
❖ The QM created a rubric to
provide the framework for
quality assurance!
❖ The rubric is unique in that it uses the
concept of alignment

10. The Core Standards…
Quality Matters
The QM Rubric’s eight general standards
include:!
!
Course Overview and Introduction!
Learning Objectives (Competencies)!
Assessment and Measurement!
Instructional Materials!
Learner Interaction and Engagement!
Course Technology!
Learner Support!
Accessibility

11. Accessibility
❖ Accessibility in eLearning is
critical.!
❖ Forms of disabilities to keep in
consideration when designing
electronic content:!
❖ Auditory!
❖ Visual!
❖ Motor!
❖ Cognitive

12. Accessibility
Relevant U.S. Legislation related to Accessibility!
❖ U.S. Rehabilitation Act- Sections 504 and 508!
❖ 504 states that no otherwise qualified individual with a disability shall be excluded from
participation based solely on that disability !
❖ 508 references technology by stating that when updating and producing electronic content,
Federal Agencies must make produce accessible content for people with disabilities !
❖ Americans with Disabilities Act!
❖ States that: “No otherwise qualified individual with disabilities in the United States . . . shall,
solely by reason of his/her disability be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits
of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial
assistance . . .”(Emphasis added) 29 USC 794.

13. Accessibility
❖ So what does this mean for
instructors online instructors?!
❖ Within reason, instructors must produce
online courses with accessibility squarely in
mind.!
❖ Each instructor should ask themselves if the
content they are producing can be accessed
by a student with an auditory, visual, motor,
or cognitive disability.!
❖ Utilize “Accessibility Checkers” within
current computer tools (Microsoft Office,
etc.) !
❖ Texas A&M has an excellent accessibility
checklist that instructors can use that can be
found at: https://iol.tamucc.edu/assets/
eLearning_Checklist_for_Accessibility.pdf

14. Exploring…
Open Educational
Resources
“He who receives an idea from
me, receives instruction himself
without lessening mine; as he who
lights his taper at mine, receives
light without darkening me.”!
― Thomas Jefferson

15. Open Educational Resources
❖ Open Educational Resources (OER) are
teaching and learning materials that are
freely available online for everyone to
use, whether you are an instructor,
student or self-learner. Examples of OER
include: full courses, course modules,
syllabi, lectures, homework
assignments, quizzes, lab and classroom
activities, pedagogical materials, games,
simulations, and many more resources
contained in digital media collections
from around the world.!
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❖ https://openeducationalresources.pbworks.com/w/page/24836860/
What%20are%20Open%20Educational%20Resources

16. Benefits of…
Open Educational
Resources
So why are OER’s becoming so popular?!
!
• They provide educational access to those that
may not have the opportunity otherwise.!
• The can be used to brush up on material that
was once learned.!
• They can be accessed from any where at any
time.!
• Most are free and can be used to supplement
in class material.!
• Quality of OER’s is always improving.

17. Resources
❖ http://edusasha.com/instructional-
design/!
❖ https://docs.google.com/file/d/
0B0lwpuBcseSvZDc2NDFlMDctNzgzMC0
0ZTdlLWFmZTMtNTEzMmY1MGI5YjBk/
edit?usp=sharing!
❖ http://www.learndash.com/addie-model-
explained-infographic/!
❖ https://www.qualitymatters.org/higher-
education-program!
❖ http://www.tltgroup.org/OLI/
workshopINFO/rubrics200907.htm!
❖ http://www.slideshare.net/TeachCollege/
rubrics-for-college-the-easy-steps-way

18. Resources
❖ https://
openeducationalresources.pbworks.co
m/w/page/24836860/What%20are
%20Open%20Educational
%20Resources!
❖ http://www.slideshare.net/
colleenfleming/ensuring-accessibility-
in-online-education!
❖ http://www.pacificu.edu/studentlife/
lss/faculty/ada504faq.cfm http://
libguides.umuc.edu/content.php?
pid=98930&sid=742401!
❖ http://libguides.umuc.edu/
content.php?pid=98930&sid=742401