Enhancing Learning Design for Innovative Teaching in Higher Education - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1799829448 ISBN 13: 9781799829447

Publisher: Business Science Reference, 2020

Synopsis

The higher education landscape is embracing the call to be innovative, yet scholars have not clearly defined what it means to innovate. Innovation is not limited to the use and adoption of educational technologies, and it encompasses a broad array of elements that must be considered if we are to truly aspire toward innovative teaching in higher education.

Enhancing Learning Design for Innovative Teaching in Higher Education is a critical scholarly publication that examines how instructional systems design, instructional design, educational technologies, curriculum design, and program design impact innovation and innovative teaching in higher education. The book offers definitions of innovative teaching and examines critical intersections to achieve innovation and innovative teaching in post-secondary environments. Highlighting a wide range of topics such as program mapping and learning design, this book is essential for academicians, administrators, professionals, curriculum developers, instructional designers, K-12 teachers, educational technologists, researchers, and students.

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About the Author

Dr. Sophia Palahicky is currently serving as Executive Director, Online Learning and Educational Resources with the Ministry of Education and Child Care. Previously, she held the title of Associate Director, Learning Design at Royal Roads University (RRU) and her portfolio included leadership for online, blended, and face to face program design, course design, development and delivery supported by the Learning Design team. As Associate Director, Learning Design, Dr. Palahicky led curriculum design, instructional design, faculty development, and faculty support. Additionally, Dr. Palahicky is an Associate Faculty in the School of Education and Technology at RRU. She teaches at the graduate level and supervises research of students in both master's and doctoral levels. For more than 20 years, Dr. Palahicky worked in the field of education in many different areas and her roles included the following: online instructor, instructional designer, curriculum consultant, author, researcher, manager, K-12 teacher, executive director, and academic advisor. With gratitude, Dr. Palahicky worked with many Indigenous communities over the course of her career as an educator. Her work with Indigenous communities started in 2002 when she worked for Coast Mountain School District 82 as a distance educator. Dr. Palahicky believes that teaching excellence requires the following: understanding how learning occurs; establishing a learning community; respecting diverse talents and ways of learning; responding to the needs of students; mastering subject material; and developing technical proficiency.

Edition details

• Publisher: Business Science Reference
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1799829448
• ISBN 13: 9781799829447
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Palahicky Sophia