Designing for Learning — Consulting, Advising and Facilitating

This is my personal space for my designing for learning services — consulting and advising in pedagogy and teaching and learning technologies for online and distance learning in higher education.

Here you will find many of my publications and writings from over the years and describes some of the strategic planning, consulting and faculty development sessions that I have done. Many of my publications and writings examine questions about online learning, such as cost questions about “how much” and “how many” and “how long”; basic principles about online learning; and what might the future bring? I am glad to hear from many in our community that they still find these writing helpful in clarifying issues and trends.

I have over 20+ years of experience in supporting faculty and administrators in the effective use of technologies to enhance teaching and learning in all environments. Depending on the time of year, I am writing, doing keynotes, faculty development seminars, and leading discussions of current and future teaching and learning scenarios. I also apply this expertise to strategic planning in the design and development of campus initiatives and programs.

What is the common theme in all I do? I believe in the power of instructional design and learning research and theory to support the goals of effective and efficient learning — on campus and online — for faculty, staff and students.

My most consuming projects currently include being a member of the editorial team for the second edition of the Encyclopedia of Distance and Online Learning and working on instructional design/development and ecoaching projects.

In short, my areas of expertise include:

• Integration of technology into teaching and learning programs, initiatives and infrastructures
  
• Application of teaching and learning principles using technology — to achieve effective and efficient learning
  
• Focus on practical strategy and planning approaches for effective and efficient online and campus learning, both current and future

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A Library of E-Coaching Tips for Online Learning

See this set of ecoaching tips for faculty who are designing and teaching online courses and blended campus courses. Staff and administrators find these tips handy as well just for learning and planning. A set of Ten Best Practices are also available here.

A Brief Background

I have consulted with a wide range of major universities and organizations over the years and am widely published in higher education organization publications. I have been a Syllabus scholar since 1996 and in that role have delivered day long and even multi-day seminars on online learning and instructional design at their many conferences. I am a long-time member of the Syllabus/Campus Technology conference board, a co-editor of the faculty and staff development section of Innovate, member of the advisory committee for Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

I was the Executive Director of CREN from 1997-2003. During that time CREN produced the CREN TechTalk series, bi-monthly audio webcasts. Judith served as the program director of this series and cohost of these audio webcast series with Howard Strauss of Princeton. Campus Technology is now hosting the archives from these CREN TechTalks.

My experiences in designing and managing the development of learning experiences integrating technology developments spans corporate, non-profit and higher education campus environments, including years in faculty development and distance learning centers at Penn State and Florida State. I earned my Ph.D in curriculum and instruction at the University of Minnesota and have undergrad and master’s degrees from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI.