Instructional Design Team

Course Development & Web Services

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Meet Our Team

Assistant Instructional Designers

Tony Box

Ginan Jobarah

Amanda Holm

Lindsay Schuch

Our Mission

The Instructional Design Team (ID Team) in Course Development and Web Services (CDWS) contributes to the online initiative at the University of Central Florida (UCF) through three interrelated services for online faculty: relationship management, professional development, and action research.  Through the systematic provision of these services, the ID Team assists CDWS attain its mission “to support teaching, learning, and research by being ‘all things Web’ to UCF and its partners, helping UCF achieve its strategic goals with advanced applications of instructional and information technology.”

What We Do

The Instructional Design Team facilitates the development and design of online courses through a combination of face-to-face interaction, just-in-time training and ongoing professional development. The Instructional Design Team’s award-winning faculty development course, IDL6543 (Interactive Distributed Learning), continuously improves through the commitment, research and integration of instructional best practices and emerging technology.

Research Interests

• Online best practices
• Large online classes
• Content centric courses
• Accessibility/usability
• Copyright, fair use and the TEACH Act
• Authentic assessment
• Blended learning
• Cooperative learning
• Emerging technologies
• QEP/IF
• Assessment
• Math
• Problem-based learning
• Game-based learning
• ePortfolios

Ongoing Activities

• IDL6543 - This award-winning faculty development program was created to prepare faculty for teaching in the online environment. IDL6543 models how to teach online using a combination of seminars, labs, consultations, and Web based instruction.
• ADL5000 - A non-credit online course for faculty that models how to teach online. The purpose of this course is to help faculty succeed as they prepare to deliver an existing online course at UCF.
• Essentials - A self-paced faculty development workshop designed to ensure teaching faculty possess the foundational knowledge required to develop and deliver a Web enhanced course.
• Teaching Online – A Web-based resource for UCF faculty teaching online.
• Learning Online – A Web-based resource for UCF students taking courses online.
• Learning Online Orientation – A Web-based orientation for UCF students.
• Exemplary Course Project – A new CDWS project bringing online teaching practices to the forefront of the institution.
• Best Practices Research – Ongoing research tracking new technology, strategies and resources to maintain rigorous faculty and student satisfaction

Awards/Recognition

• Educause Teaching and Learning Award (2005)
• WebCT Digital Content Leader (2004)
• Sloan Consortium Excellence in Online Teaching and Learning – Faculty Development (2003)
• Dr. Beth Young, WebCT Exemplary Course (2002)
• United States Distance Learning Association Individual Excellence Award - UCF faculty member (2001)
• Drs. Robert Paugh and Bruce Wilson, WebCT Exemplary Course (2001)
• United States Distance Learning Association Excellence in Distance Learning Program Award (2000)
• United States Distance Learning Association - Professor Steven Lytle was recognized as an "Outstanding Individual" (2000)
• American Productivity and Quality Center and the State Higher Education Executive Officers Faculty Development Award for Teaching with Technology (1998)
• Educause National Learning Infrastructure Initiative - Distance Learning Best Practices (1997-1999)

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