Course Design
My chief goal as an educator is to maximize the range and pedagogical effectiveness of technology. I want the tools of Instructional Technology to be available to people of all ages and backgrounds. My curriculum development work is grounded in careful analysis of users’ needs and capabilities in order to enhance/exploit the potential of technology to communicate with all learners.
The following describes some of the courses I designed.
Design and Development of Online Courses
This eight week faculty development course stresses the use of instructional systems design in the analysis, design, application and development of distance education. It is oriented toward the practice and practical considerations of online learning and curriculum design. During the course faculty look at the unique aspects of self-directed learning, learning centered teaching practices, online community building, and virtual classroom management practices. All participants work closely with me and their peers to enhance one of their current courses, or to create a new course for the online environment.
Business Communications & Information Strategies
This course provides new graduate students in the online MBA program with an introduction to: oral, written, and virtual communication; methods for finding and evaluating course resources; online research techniques; critical thinking, the purpose and benefits of the MSM (Multi-Discipline Strategic Management) project, program standards; stress and time management; and learning team process. The design of the course will also assist students in mastering the online learning environment and developing collegial relationships with their cohort members.
Training Design & Development for Biomedical Writers
This course provides an introduction to basic theories and principles of instructional technology. Five main area of focus are: research, theory and history of instructional technology; visual literacy; evaluation of instructional technology; the relationship of instructional technology to learning styles; and instructional computing experiences. Students will get hands-on experience with instructional technology and will employ problem solving techniques appropriate to the media.
Computers in Education
This course is designed to provide students with a focus on the seamless integration of technology into the classroom. Students will become knowledgeable of the latest innovations in computer and multimedia technology as they apply to classroom and administrative tasks.
Instructional Technology/Introduction to Current & Emerging Systems
This graduate course provides learners with an introduction to the tools of instructional technology for education and industry. The course explores the theoretical foundations of Instructional Technology; and, introduces the learner to current and projected tools for implementing technology into the environment.
Instructional Technology Project Planning, Analysis and Design
This graduate course was designed for delivery in both the traditional classroom setting and at a distance. The course explores creative, effective approaches to strategic and project planning for multimedia education programs.
Designing Online Learning
This graduate online course stresses the use of instructional systems design in the analysis, design, application and evaluation of distance education and distributive learning. It is geared toward the theory and practical considerations of learning, and instructional design.
Internet: Theory/Practice in Telecommunications
This course provides students with a working knowledge of the environmental variable influencing the Word Wide Web. It is oriented toward the theory and practical considerations of designing for modern Internet browsers. We will be looking at unique aspects of copyright, fair use, design standards, and persons with disabilities as they relate to presentation of information on the Internet.
Management of Technological Change in Instructional Technology
This graduate course was designed for delivery in both the traditional classroom setting and completely online. The course examines the effects of multimedia enhanced education initiatives on organizations and their missions.
Research & Development in Instructional Systems
This online graduate course focuses on the interpretation of seminal research and the application of significant research findings that focus on the latest developments in instructional technology. Learners are introduced to the reading and evaluation of Instructional Systems Technology research, applying the language and approach of science to the investigation of instructional technology.
Technological Applications to Business
This undergraduate course explores the current and future state of hardware and software technology as it relates to the business environment. The objective of the course is to provide the learner with an exposure to technological innovations that will aid in the management of learning opportunities.
Management of IS/IT Organizations
This undergraduate course was designed to utilize real business cases and descriptions of actual situations to help learners apply business decision-making strategies, particularly as they relate to financial and data analyses.
Information and Business Process Systems Design
In this undergraduate course learners gain an understanding of how to strategically develop and implement systems that bring competitive advantage to the organization. Areas of emphasis in this course include planning, analysis, and business process flow.
