Instructional Design

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Instructional designers support faculty by providing expertise in curriculum design, distance teaching strategies, and assessment.

Consulting

Schedule a consultation with an instructional designer to discuss things like:

Program-level curriculum design
Course-level curriculum design
Online teaching strategies
Alignment and assessment of course and program outcomes
Activity and assignment design (online, face-to-face, and hybrid)
Translation of course activities from one modality to another
Design and facilitation of online discussion and interaction

Comprehensive Design

Available to the College of Adult & Professional Studies, Bethel Seminary, and the Graduate School, the Comprehensive Design service walks whole programs or individual courses through a curriculum development process designed to create effective learning experiences for students. It is a highly structured process that prioritizes consistency over flexibility. In Comprehensive Design, Academic Development staff closely manage the development process for each course and, along with student workers, produce the course site and syllabus based on the course plan developed by the faculty course developer.

Academic Development staff support programs in Comprehensive Design through:

Program-level planning
Direct process planning
Design of course activities and assessments
Faciliation of the faculty approval process
Creation of final course products (syllabus, course site)
Comprehensive media design

Faculty Development Support

Instructional design workshops
Media design workshops
Online teaching workshops
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Expertise

Designers are equipped with teaching licenses and graduate degrees in the field of education. They also have years of experience designing courses for online, hybrid and flipped delivery. The design team has experience teaching in a variety of modes, including face-to-face and online courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.