Design Forward
An emergent exploration of critical instructional design.
Design Forward
Questions for Discussion
One is one piece of learning from teaching that you are bringing into your course design for this semester?
You’ve discovered that your institution is interested in adopting a new technology tool for facilitating online classroom discussion and considering “requiring” all classes that have some kind of online component to use it, so that students only need to learn one thing. What kind of research would you do to inform yourself about this decision? How do you think you would respond and advocate for your position?
Latest Comment from Briana (February 24, 2024): "If the proposed tool had testing sessions, I'd join these so I had the opportunity to try out the product before it became live. I'm a hands-on,..." More >>
There’s been lots of attention lately to the access of artificial intelligence tools to students. What has been your experience with these tools? How do you plan on addressing or incorporating them into your own teaching?
Latest Comment from Chantalle Forgues (September 29, 2024): "I think the California Artificial Intelligence Transparency Act (CAITA) provides a good approach to addressing AI use. Specifically, among other..." More >>
When you’re deciding about using new technology in a class you’re teaching, what do you take into consideration?
Latest Comment from clothrop (February 25, 2024): "Wondering if we might also ask the students at the beginning of the semester what technology they feel is useful and helpful...." More >>
You’ve inherited a class from a departing colleague who used quite a number of external technology tools as part of the course design. You’re not terribly familiar with all of them, and you know from speaking to the former instructor that students were also new to using most of them. How do you approach teaching the class, considering the technology use, and orienting your students to any design choices you make that involve the use of tech?
Latest Comment from Sara (February 23, 2024): "I am transparent with students. I will own my newness and lack of understanding of the technology. I ask them for feedback or instruction if they know..." More >>
Identify and describe a time when you resisted the use of technology because you felt it would disrupt or distract from what you were trying to teach.
Latest Comment from Briana (February 21, 2024): "I think you're right...I think if Zoom and chat features are incorporated in the right way, then it would fall on the instructor to start the..." More >>
Identify and describe a time when learning about and incorporating a new technology showed you a new way of teaching something.
This is a “practice” question for Orientation: What is one thing you would do if you knew you could not fail at it?
Latest Comment from Tyler Wilks (September 25, 2024): "I suppose it wouldn't be as gratifying if I knew I couldn't fail, but it would probably still be exciting to canoe down a raging river filled with..." More >>
Let’s talk about Zoom and cameras on vs cameras off. How do you negotiate this?
Latest Comment from Lynne B. (November 10, 2022): "Given the problems that I personally experience with not always having a "stable internet" connection I just assume others are going to have that..." More >>
Lots of interest being expressed from participants in learning specific techniques or approaches. Let’s share either a specific example of an assignment/approach we used in an online class that worked well or one that didn’t work well that we’d like help
Latest Comment from Lynne B. (November 12, 2022): "I was chatting with a couple of colleagues last evening about this particular question and asked if either had anything I could share. One thing that..." More >>
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