International Journal of Designs for Learning
Nov 08, 2017 Volume 8, Number 2
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 13
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Using a Design Model as a Scaffold to Create Learning Tools: A Case Study with We! Connect Cards
Chad Littlefield & Heather Toomey Zimmerman
This paper explores the development of We! Connect Cards, a card-based learning tool intended to support interpersonal relationships across various workplace and learning settings. The designed... More
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Customizing Students' Learning Experiences while Designing an Online Course
Nadia Jaramillo Cherrez & Larysa Nadolny
This design case illustrates an innovative research-based pedagogical approach to customizing students’ learning experiences in an online course. We centered the course design on the experiential... More
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Gamifying a Course to Teach Games and Simulations for Learning
Susan Stansberry & Scott Haselwood
This design case includes the challenges, considerations, and decisions associated with the design, development, and delivery of a master’s level educational technology course on teaching and... More
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Confessions of Novice Designers and Their Instructor
Tonia Dousay, Jennifer LaVanchy, Trina Kilty & Dillon Stone
These three condensed design cases provide a glimpse of the decisions undertaken by novice designers in a graduate-level message design course. The course helps students examine the role of... More
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Leading A Collaborative Effort: Providing Effective Training and Support for Online Adjunct Instructors
Victoria Lowell & Marisa Exter
This article describes the design and development of a set of interventions for the training and support of adjunct instructors in a rapidly growing online graduate program at a large, Midwestern... More
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Students as Researchers, Collaborators, & End-users: Informing Campus Design
Amy Huber, Lisa Waxman & Stephanie Clemons
Students in undergraduate design programs often lack opportunity to conduct original research and apply their findings to project solutions. Consequently, they struggle with identifying and framing... More
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Seeing the Unseen—Spatial Visualization of the Solar System with Physical Prototypes and Augmented Reality
Gunver Majgaard, Lasse Larsen, Patricia Lyk & Morten Lyk
The presented design case gives examples of designing an Augmented Reality learning scenario about the Solar System with 6th grade. The case connects the physical and virtual worlds in Augmented... More
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Designing Authentic and Engaging Personas for Open Education Resources Designers
John Baaki, Jennifer Maddrell & Eric Stauffer
To guide designers developing open education resources for adults preparing for a high school equivalency exam, we developed six authentic personas that represented adults without high school... More
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Communication in Instructional Design
Jose Fulgencio
Communication between instructional designer and client is key to a successful experience. Without a clear understanding about who will lead a course or how a course will function after it has been... More
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Mistake Detection Videos to Improve Students’ Motivation in Math
Myra Luna-Lucero & Kristen Elmore
This article describes the design case of an instructional experience incorporating videos of mistakes for students to practice mistake detection and recovery skills. Learning from mistakes is... More
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Designing a GPS Mobile Tour—A Lesson in User-Centered Design
Kyle Clements
This case presents the design of a GPS (Global Positioning Satellite) guided smartphone tour. The tour was a redesign of an assignment for an introductory Physical Science course in which students ... More
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The Iterative Redesign of an Online University Course: NDFS 100, Essentials of Nutrition
Alyssa Erickson
This design case looks closely at the unique elements of redesigning an online nutrition course from April 2016 to April 2017. The online course was designed, developed, and offered for students... More
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Introduction to the Student Design Case SLAM
John Baaki, Colin Gray, Craig Howard & Elizabeth Boling
At the 2016 Association for Educational Communications and Technology Convention in Las Vegas, the IJDL editorial team hosted a Student Design Case SLAM. The focus of the one-day workshop was to... More
