A new report on the role, workflow and experience of instructional designers by the strategy and design studio Intentional Futures has an intriguing thread running through it that suggests how much this profession is in flux and, at the same time, emerging as a potential key resource for innovative institutions looking to improve learning outcomes.
Instructional Design in Higher Education: A Report on the Role, Workflow, and Experience of Instructional Designers was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as part of its Next Generation Courseware Challenge grants. Instructional designers “bridge the gap between faculty instruction and student online learning,” the report begins. “But who, exactly are instructional designers? What do they do? Where do they fit in higher education?”
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