Share Paper: Gracefully herding cats: Systematizing instructional design and quality assurance without losing your mind

  1. Daron Williams, Virginia Tech - LED/TLOS, United States
  2. Larry Cox, Virginia Tech LED/TLOS, United States
  3. Eunice Ofori, Virginia Tech LED/TLOS, United States
  4. Matt Louvet, Virginia Tech - TLOS, United States
  5. Lujean Baab, Virginia Tech LED/TLOS, United States
Tuesday, October 16 10:35-10:55 AM Las Vegas Ballroom 2

Abstract: Any of us who work in faculty professional development or instructional design-related capacities at public universities are likely facing some of the same challenges, many of which boil down to the ever-present charge to “do more with less.” To that end, our unit, whose mission it is to promote high-quality, media-rich technology-enhanced courses, implemented a semester-long cohort-based course development process, which is structured and guided by concurrent instructional design-related faculty professional development. Now that we are five years in to this endeavor, this paper represents a description of our ongoing efforts to address challenges we continue to discover and face. ...