INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN at NJIT
INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN at NJIT
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Overview
Overview
The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is a polytechnic university located in Newark, NJ. The university offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs in the sciences, engineering, technology, and business management.
The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is a polytechnic university located in Newark, NJ. The university offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs in the sciences, engineering, technology, and business management.
Designing courses is a collaborative effort between the instructional designer (ID) and the faculty member. Use of the Universal Design Template and the QA in eLearning Rubric is facilitated by the ID during the design process to ensure that the final iteration of the course meets design standards before publication in the LMS.
Designing courses is a collaborative effort between the instructional designer (ID) and the faculty member. Use of the Universal Design Template and the QA in eLearning Rubric is facilitated by the ID during the design process to ensure that the final iteration of the course meets design standards before publication in the LMS.
Design Process
Design Process
Course design follows an iterative application of the ADDIE Model.
Course design follows an iterative application of the ADDIE Model.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
In addition to course design and collaboration, pedagogical and technical support was provided throughout the term for fully asynchronous online courses. The support provided included (but was not limited to):
In addition to course design and collaboration, pedagogical and technical support was provided throughout the term for fully asynchronous online courses. The support provided included (but was not limited to):
An initial and ongoing needs analysis
Continued facilitation with implementing the Universal Design Template and the QA in eLearning Rubric
Ongoing consultation on best practices in online teaching
Transitioning a face-to-face course into an online course
Training on a myriad of instructional technologies
Technical development of learning objects in the learning management system (LMS) such as exams, lecture recordings, assignments, etc. (content is authored by the faculty member and treated as the faculty member's intellectual property, the ID may assist with placing the content directly into the LMS)
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the scope and responsibilities of the ID expanded to include pedagogical and technical support for emergency remote teaching during the Spring 2020 semester
Support continued into the Summer 2020, Fall 2020, and Spring 2021 semesters with support for synchronous online and converged learning instructional delivery modes in addition to the usual support for asynchronous online courses
Completed Projects
Completed Projects
Transition to Canvas LMS (Sept. 2019 - Sept. 2020)
Transition to Canvas LMS (Sept. 2019 - Sept. 2020)
Completed transition of learning management systems (transition from Moodle to Canvas)
Participated in team effort migrating over 400 courses from Moodle to Canvas
Trained faculty on the new system by providing 1-on-1 and group training+consultation as required
Pilot of Canvas LMS (Sept. 2018 - Sept. 2019)
Pilot of Canvas LMS (Sept. 2018 - Sept. 2019)
Led and completed pilot of new LMS (Canvas) with 11 faculty members who participated in the pilot
Provided direct technical support to pilot faculty
Conducted research on System Usability Scale (SUS) scores for Canvas, adoption rate for Canvas across U.S. R1 institutions, and market research on Canvas comparing market share to other LMS
Interviewed and surveyed pilot faculty as well as pilot students to collect feedback on the LMS (Likert Scale).
Development of Self-Paced Tutorials for Faculty and Staff on Canvas LMS (Sept. 2019)
Development of Self-Paced Tutorials for Faculty and Staff on Canvas LMS (Sept. 2019)
Created the initial tutorials when Canvas went live during the Fall 2019 semester
Both tutorials are active courses in Canvas that continue to evolve as team members add new content and refine the existing content
Institute for Teaching Excellence (ITE) Workshop - Presentation on Universal Design in Learning (UDL) (Jan. 2019):
Institute for Teaching Excellence (ITE) Workshop - Presentation on Universal Design in Learning (UDL) (Jan. 2019):
One of my flagship presentations during the ITE Workshops was on Universal Design in Learning (UDL). The presentation defined and discussed accessibility, universal design, why UDL is important and how it adds value, and how faculty can apply accessibility and UDL best practices to their online courses.
Tools
Tools
Faculty use a myriad of instructional tools and technologies, which instructional designers and technologists provide full or limited support for:
Faculty use a myriad of instructional tools and technologies, which instructional designers and technologists provide full or limited support for:
Canvas LMS
Cisco Webex
Webex Teams
Webex LMS Education Connector
Google Apps (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive, Draw, Jamboard)
Google Classroom
Harmonize (Pilot only)
Kaltura
Big Blue Button (Conferences Tool)
Cengage
Follett
McGraw-Hill Connect
My Open Math
Pearson MyLab & Mastery
Respondus Lockdown Browser and Monitor
ProctorU Live+ & Record+
Piazza
WIRIS MathType
WIRIS Quizzes
Vocareum
VoiceThread
Google Sites
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