Mostly what I learned in my Instructional Systems Design courses this semester about the whole design process in general was due diligence. In my job, I am constantly rushed and meet with faculty who are tempted to jump in and start using the technology tools to get something up and ready for students to view […]

I recently tried using Articulate Storyline 360 to create an online instructional lesson on test-taking strategies to be used at Lone Star College (LSC) in the First Year Experience (EDUC 1300) course. I chose this particular subject because my counterpart at LSC-University Park, Kathryn Bernhardt teaches this course fully online and she volunteered to be […]

When searching for the meaning of what it is to design instruction, I came across M. David Merrill and his associates at Utah State University. They wrote a statement titled, Reclaiming Instructional Design in 1996. They put forth a strong standpoint that instructional design is the technology that stems from the science of instruction (Merrill, […]