1. Quilting a Journey: Decolonizing Instructional Design Lyn DeLorme, PhD

2. Star Quilt Framework

3. To highlight the orientation of the study As a metaphor for the research journey As a visual organizer for the findings

4. Instructional Design: Process of planning and developing learning environments

5. Instructional Design: Courses & training programs Often includes digital technology

6. A.D.D.I.E. Analysis Design Development Implementation Evaluation Missing: –Culture as a consideration in the process –Instructional designer as actor

7. Purpose of the Study The purpose of this study was to critically examine the practices of an instructional designer working within an Indigenous higher education context in order to identify culturally relevant approaches to instructional design.

8. Auto/Ethnography Ethnography –A cultural study –Observing and documenting a culture Autoethnography –A cultural study of the SELF –Documenting personal experiences and growth as an instructional designer

9. Study Design Engaged in 8 week unpaid instructional design internship with a Tribal College Lived in the community Participated in assigned tasks as a member of the information technology staff

10. Norming the Other, Othering the Norm

11. Completing the Circle

12. A collection of stories.

13. They’re all our kids, you know. They’re all our children. I can leave here and make a living somewhere else. My nieces, nephews, grandsons, granddaughters, they’ll all be here…. If we have educated people…we’re going to be able to do better in the ways of providing…things that all the community needs. When you do something for somebody else and bring somebody else up, it helps all of us. It helps our community.

14. Knowing the dynamics of the people in terms of cultural heritage, reservation life, and family structure is important. A good teacher doesn’t use any negatives derived from that as a measuring device…. From day one a teacher has to gain the respect of the students by showing they care about them.…Once you develop that relationship you can have a greater impact on student success. Students need to see that someone believes in them and therefore they become more receptive to the skills and knowledge needed to enhance their development as students.

15. A Collection of Stories Establishing relationships with the actors in the system Valuing identity Doing identity work Using the autoethnographic skill set to study culture and reflect

16. Implications Seeking a product model…finding a person model!

17. Star Quilt Framework for Culturally Competent ISD

18. Miigwetch!