In this podcast, I am joined by Kathleen Ives, CEO and Executive Director of the Online Learning Consortium. Kathleen and I discuss the importance of professional organizations and networking throughout one's career in online learning.

Lesson 10: Faculty Development

Jul 23rd, 2019 58m 55s

In this podcast, I talk with Larry Boggess and Andrew Tatusko about Faculty Development at Penn State, and how learning designers and faculty development professionals can and should work together in their efforts to improve teaching and learni

Lesson 9: Operationalizing Innovation

Jul 17th, 2019 50m 41s

In this podcast, I am joined by Bill Egan, Senior Instructional Designer in World Campus Learning Design and our "Innovation Coordinator". In that role, he oversees our innovation efforts and ensures ROI and goal-alignment so that our most futu

Lesson 7: Technology Selection

Jun 28th, 2019 49m 22s

In this podcast, I'm joined again by Rebecca Heiser. Rebecca and I discuss how learning designers think about technology when developing courses and the messiness of this process in practice due to various factors related to the organization yo

Lesson 6: Quality Matters, Learning Analytics, and Getting Smarter about Improving Design

Jun 14th, 2019 36m 43s

Penny Ralston-Berg joins to discuss strategies for evaluating quality in design, the Quality Matters program, learning analytics, and more.

Lesson 5: Inclusiveness in Design

Jun 14th, 2019 45m 51s

Mike Brooks, Manager of User Experience, Multimedia, and Programming, Sonya Woods, and Matt Farley, both accessibility consultants, join me to share about designing for a diverse student population. Mike, Sonya, and Matt have deep knowledge on

Lesson 4: Learning Design in Government

Jun 12th, 2019 55m 32s

Kelly Yamashiro is a Senior Instructional Designer in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for the federal government. She discusses some of the unique aspects of doing design in a government setting such as policy and project approval

Lesson 3: Designing in an Academic Program (Anthony Robinson)

May 20th, 2019 47m 45s

Anthony Robinson is the director of the Geographic Information Systems program at Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. He discusses the changes in this program over time, strategies for growing the program and attracting quality

Lesson 2: Program Planning & Management (Shubha Kashyap)

May 20th, 2019 38m 58s

Shubha is a program director with Penn State World Campus. She discusses many of the priorities she considers when engaging with an academic program and learning design organizations, with a focus on business factors such as program growth and

Lesson 1: Doing Design in Higher Education (Rebecca Heiser)

May 6th, 2019 38m 51s

Rebecca Heiser is an instructional designer with Penn State World Campus' Learning Design team. She talks about her background, strategies for working with subject-matter experts, how working in a learning design organization impacts design, an

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