Beyond Access: Designing for Inclusion
September 4, 2023
We will take just a couple of minutes to ground ourselves in the definitions of
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Resource Spotlight: Instructional Design
The practice of instructional design (ID) is often mentioned in the context of developing online classes; we encourage instructors to consider it more broadly — whenever they are building learning experiences. In particular, ID comes into play when designing structures and architectures for teaching and learning.
While traditional ID tends to focus on fairly rigid structures and carefully mapped objectives, assignments, and assessment, we are also interested in what instructional design looks like in more emergent and explorative courses. What does it look like to design for emergence? For creative exploration? For failure?
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Design Forward: Formats & Modalities
The Formats & Modalities module of Design Forward (the CoLab’s faculty development platform), provides additional resources and readings for faculty who are exploring a change of course modality (switching between F2F, hybrid, online asynch, online synch, hyflex, etc.).
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Give Your Course a Visual Facelift
September 4, 2023
Get oriented to Canva, an online tool for designing just about anything. Refresh your syllabi,
Universal Design For Learning: From Access to Equity
April 12, 2022
“Universal Design is not about buildings, it is about building – building community, building better
Designing for Self-Care
September 27, 2021
Resources from CoLab event held on 9/20/21 exploring what it means to forefront self-care in the
Frameworks for Course Design in Digital Environments
January 20, 2021
Whether you teach face to face in person, virtually synchronous, or asynchronously, your students will
Authentic Assessment & Student Success
December 4, 2020
Authentic assessments ask students to apply their learning to new situations. It is often contrasted
Community Building in Online Spaces
December 3, 2020
While online learning often gets framed as less social than f2f sessions, the internet actually
The ACE Framework for Busy People
December 3, 2020
You are a busy person! In this quick session, Robin uses the “Rule of
Introduction to Canvas for Moodle Users
December 2, 2020
A presentation by Jason Neenos for those who are getting started with Canvas this spring
Making Explanatory Videos
December 2, 2020
Short instructional videos can connect, engage, and inspire — but in many courses the most
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Reading List
Adam, H.-B. (2015). Envisioning the Radical Syllabus: A Critical Approach to Classroom Culture, Part 2. Hybrid Pedagogy.
Ann, G. (n.d.). Can HighFlex Pedagogy Exist in a LowFlex Society? [Blog]. All Things Pedagogical. Retrieved June 28, 2021, from
Burtis, M., & Stommel, J. (2021, April 27). Counter-friction to Stop the Machine: The Endgame for Instructional Design. Hybrid Pedagogy.
Crosslin, M. (2018). Creating Online Learning Experiences. Mavs Open Press.
Darby, F. (2020). The Learner-Centered Instructional Designer: Purposes, Processes, and Practicalities of Creating Online Courses in Higher Education (J. Quinn, Ed.). Stylus Publishing.
DeRosa, R. (2021, June 8). Never forget: your course is not only yours. THE Campus Learn, Share, Connect.
Goodyear, P. (2021, August 13). Design for Learning. Peter Goodyear.
Johnson, P. (2021). Instructional design is the catalyst. Studies in Technology Enhanced Learning, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.21428/8c225f6e.779fcae5
Jonan, D. (2019, September 12). Travelling in Troy With an Instructional Designer. Hybrid Pedagogy.
Michal-Morris, S., & Stachowiak, B. (n.d.). Critical Instructional Design. Retrieved March 25, 2021, from
Mitchell, J. (2021, August 16). What is Co-design? Medium.
Morris, S. M. (2017, July 24). Reimagining the Syllabus. Sean Michael Morris.
Nessler, D. (2018, February 7). How to apply a design thinking, HCD, UX or any creative process from scratch. Medium.
Nworie, J. (2021). Beyond COVID-19: What’s Next for Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education? Educause Review.
Parrish, P. E. (2005). Embracing the Aesthetics of Instructional Design. Educational Technology, 45(2), 16–25.
Perekatov, O. (2015, October 5). Vilem Flusser: to design is to decieve. Medium.
Quinn, J., Burtis, M., & Jhangiani, S. (2022). Toward a critical instructional design. Hybrid Pedagogy Inc.
Reilly, M. A. (2009). Opening Spaces of Possibility: The Teacher as Bricoleur. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 52(5), 376–384. https://doi.org/10.1598/JAAL.52.5.2
Reiser, R. A. (2001). A History of Instructional Design and Technology: Part II: A History of Instructional Design. Educational Technology Research and Development, 49(2), 57–67.
Schurr, M. (n.d.). How might my classroom be redesigned to better meet my students’ needs? 129.
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Veletsianos, G. (2021, January 5). Talk: Striving for Balance in Online Learning. George Veletsianos, PhD.
Woodley, X. M., & Rice, M. F. (2022). Designing Intersectional Online Education: Critical Teaching and Learning Practices. Taylor & Francis Group.
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The Blank Syllabus. (n.d.). Pedagogy Unbound. Retrieved March 19, 2021, from
The Documents We Teach By. (2020, April 6). Hybrid Pedagogy.
Teaching Hybrid & Online. (n.d.). Digital Learning & Inquiry (DLINQ). Retrieved January 5, 2021, from
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