2018 Summit for Online Leadership and Administration + Roundtable

Instructional Design Track

Join your colleagues from other instructional design shops in concurrent sessions focused on instructional designer competencies and research, as well as the eDesign Collaborative ThinkTank with Georgetown University. During the ThinkTank, participants will explore various types of design shop models and practices, collaborate to find best practices, and network.

June 19th, 2018

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Expertise in the Room: Leveraging the Competencies and Research of IDs
Location: Georgetown West
Instructional designers are an integral component of public and private sector online learning operations yet the title ‘instructional designer’ and the duties performed by these professionals vary greatly. There is great variety among instructional designers (IDs) on work performed on a day-to-day basis. Role confusion or inconsistencies and ill-informed job descriptions can have a negative impact on ID workloads and their career paths.

Researchers from the eDesign Collaborative and the Oregon State University Ecampus Research Unit will offer an overview of the results from their national studies on instructional designer competencies and more specifically on the research preparation and engagement of instructional designers. The presenters will discuss the necessary skills and knowledge instructional designers identified, the competencies IDs actually use in the workplace, and the role of research in the work of IDs. Participants will leave with a greater sense of the role of an instructional designer and be better prepared to engage with these professionals, lead teams of IDs, and hire IDs with the appropriate skills for their institution.

Olysha Magruder, Johns Hopkins University
Mel Edwards, Purdue University
Katie Linder, Oregon State University
Shaun Moore, Oakland University
Dan Arnold, Oakland University

Moderator: Christopher Miano, Temple University

eDC ThinkTank Sessions

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11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Partnering with Faculty in the Design Process: Approaches to Faculty Partnership
Location: Georgetown West
Leaders from Georgetown University will kick-off our discussion on partnering with faculty. Experts will share the successful approaches they have used to meet faculty where they are, including individualized support, a cohort-based Design Studio, and a mixed/hybrid approach. Whether you are struggling with partnerships or have been very successful in working with faculty you won’t want to miss this opportunity to engage with your peers and learn about different models of faculty collaboration!

Yianna Vovides, Georgetown University
Veronica Donahue, Georgetown University

Moderator: Camille Funk, University of California - Irvine

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Lightning Round: Problems, Solutions, and Conversation
Location: Georgetown West
Join us for one of our most popular sessions. We’ll spend some time hearing from members that have found new and innovative ways to address the challenges they have faced in the design process. We’ll ask questions, consider implications as well as other applications, and spend time exploring and having great dialogue on our work as learning designers and engineers.

Moderator: Shawndra Bowers, Auburn University

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Working Session: eDesign Partnerships and Possibilities
Location: Georgetown West
We’ve heard from experts on partnerships and witnessed the work our peers are doing via the Lightning Round Session - now it’s time to engage! This session provides eDesigners, Multimedia Experts, and Instructional Technologists the opportunity to digest what they’ve learned in earlier sessions and discuss their perspectives. This is a great opportunity to have in-depth discussions with peers after shared learning experiences. You’ll leave with new ideas and new friends/colleagues!

Facilitators:

Camille Funk, University of California - Irvine
Shawndra Bowers, Auburn University

6:30 PM - Networking Event

This is an invite-only networking event. To receive an invitation, be sure to check the attending the eDC ThinkTank checkbox during the registration process.

June 20th, 2018

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Digital Learning Efficacy Research and Evaluation
Location: Georgetown West
Research on digital learning efficacy lags far behind the explosive growth of products, meaning faculty and administrators often must make decisions about technology with inadequate evidence of effectiveness. We know digital learning research/evaluation projects are necessary as well as locating resources to support advancement of scholarship and evaluation in our work. The challenge is often time and money – and sometimes a steep learning curve.
Join experts in an exploration of online tools developed to help faculty and staff evaluate the impact of technology-supported instruction on their campuses as part of a continuous improvement process. We will discuss current evaluation practices and opportunities for improvement and future research.

Jill Buban, OLC
Rebecca Griffiths, SRI International
Bart Epstein, Jefferson Education Exchange
Cristi Ford, Univesity of Maryland University College

Moderator: Josh Kim, Dartmouth College

10:00 AM- 11:00 AM
Working Session: eDesign Research
Location: Georgetown West
In earlier sessions we talked about eDesigner competencies, goals, and the desire/need for research performed by instructional design teams. We then heard from experts on digital learning efficacy research and evaluation - now it’s time to engage! This session provides an opportunity to digest the earlier sessions and discuss the role of research at your institution and within your work unit. This is a great opportunity to have in-depth discussions with peers after shared learning experiences. You’ll leave with new ideas, new colleagues/research collaborators and maybe a new research project!

Facilitators:

Olysha Macgruder, Johns Hopkins University
Mel Edwards, Purdue University