The Learning Design and Instructional Technology teams are dedicated to collaborating with you to find innovative solutions for your teaching challenges. Our team is here to help you redesign and ...

One of the most robust backward design models developed for higher education is L. Dee Fink’s integrated course design. Fink outlines a streamlined process for designing academic courses, divided into ...

I have two passions: learning design and storytelling. For a time, I thought they were distinct, separate areas of interest, but I have come to realize they are foundationally similar even if the ...

Often, I hear uncertainty about the future framed as a debate around how people learn. There is ongoing speculation — by training and development experts within organizations as a conversation among ...

Lecturers. Trainers. Teachers. Development specialists. Advisors. Instructional coordinators. While educators have many names, Purdue University’s College of Education is unveiling a series of new ...

"Learning is one of the most personal things that people do; engineering provides problem-solving methods to enable learning at scale. How do we resolve this paradox?" —Ellen Wagner Learning ...

Our Graduate Certificate in Learning Design and Learning Sciences—offered fully online—prepares students for the exciting new field of the learning sciences. The program bridges theory and practice by ...

This graduate-level, introductory course provides an overview of the theoretical and practical foundations that inform learning, design, and technology. Course content and activities are designed to ...

UAB faculty and staff Will Brooks, Ph.D., Heather Patterson, Ph.D., and Nikki Sarabat are members of the inaugural cohort of ...