Pedagogy & Instructional Design: The Outlook for 2020 Tuesday, June 10, 2008
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Explore what pedagogy and instructional design might look like in 2020 in this highly interactive panel session. The panelists will briefly examine the outlook for technology-enabled pedagogy from three perspectives: tried-and-true (“In Defense of the Talking Head”), expansion of current practice (“Long Live Discussions”), and cutting edge (“Power to the Learners!”). The panelists will then briefly examine the outlook for instructional design from similar perspectives (“Talking Heads, Part 2”; “The Changing Role of Instructional Designers”; “U Choose Delivery Mode”). After each segment, the audience will examine and share their own outlooks in an interactive conversation with the panelists and each other. Read More..
Richard Fasse
RIT Online Learning
Round 1: Pedagogy
Johnson: In Defense of the Talking Head
Instructors will still be using ‘talking head’ video lectures in 2020 for good reasons.
Fasse: Long Live Discussions
Asynchronous online text discussions will be much more common in 2020 for good reasons.
Sener: Power to the Learners!
Learning will be much more learner-centered in 2020 for good reasons.
Compare and Share
(Audience)Focus Questions: In 2020, how pedagogically important will lecture be? Student-student interaction? Truly student-centered learning? How important should they be?
Round 2: Instructional Design
Johnson: Talking Heads, Part 2
Instructors will still play an important role in the instructional design process in 2020.
Fasse: The Changing Role of Instructional Designers
The instructional designer’s role is changing: instructional design will be more teacher-generated.
Sener: U Choose Delivery Mode
Course design will empower learners to choose their delivery mode(s) throughout their course.
Compare and Share
(Audience)Focus Questions: In 2020, what changes do you see in instructional design practices relative to the present? What changes should there be?