An Online Instructional Design Studio Albert L. Ingram, Ph.D. Jason Piatt Kent State University

Teaching Instructional Design Depends on approach to ID ◦ Is it an algorithmic process? ◦ Is it a design discipline?  Solving problems

Teaching ID as Problem Solving Look at other fields ◦ Design Studios (Architecture, visual design, interior design, etc.) Design Studios in ID ◦ University of Georgia

An Online Instructional Design Studio

Characteristics of a Design Studio Group work/Individual Work Full class for background, assignments, examples and critiques Ongoing groupwork on projects Highly collaborative Open and interactive

Characteristics of a Design Studio Communication among students Communication between students and instructor Present assignments/products Critiques by instructor and other students Learning by Walking Around (Peters and Waterman, In search of excellence)

Implementing an Online Studio Learning/Teaching Processes  Group work  Teamwork  Collaboration  Individual accountability  Critiques

Implementing an Online Studio Technological Needs ◦ Strong Sense of Presence ◦ Asynchronous and Synchronous ◦ Easy communications via multiple channels ◦ Software tools to create and display products  Text, Graphics, Audio, Video

Technology Affordances View and edit projects while communicating Easy file system Easy to divide into groups AND come together as a class Tracking Capability

WHERE WE STAND NOW Processes ◦ Collaboration ◦ Critique Technologies The Course

Coming Steps Modifying the car while driving it Moving to group projects Providing hybrid workspaces with various tools Research on collaborative processes Research on critique process

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