On October 27, 2017, as part of an international fellowship at Warwick University, I offered a workshop with Jesse Stommel about critical instructional design. These slides were included in a presentation I gave as part of that workshop.
Sean Michael MorrisDirector at Digital Pedagogy Lab | Sr. Instructor in the School of Education and Human Development, CU Denver
1. C R I T I CA L I N S T R U C T I O N A L
D ES I G N WO R K S H O P
U N I V E R S I T Y O F WA RW I C K
S E A N M I C H A E L M O R R I S
D I R EC TO R , D I G I TA L P E DAG O GY L A B
J ES S E S TO M M E L
E X EC U T I V E D I R EC TO R , DT LT, U N I V E R S I T Y O F M A RY
WAS H I N GTO N
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2. I N S T R U C T I O N A L D ES I G N
B LO O M ' S TA XO N O M Y
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R E M E M B E R I N G
U N D E R S TA N D I N G
A P P LY I N G
A N A LY Z I N G
E VA LUAT I N G
3. “ T H E R ECA L L O F S P EC I F I C S A N D U N I V E R SA L S ,
T H E R ECA L L O F M E T H O D S A N D P R O C ES S ES ,
O R T H E R ECA L L O F A PAT T E R N , S T R U C T U R E ,
O R S E T T I N G .” ~ B E N JA M I N B LO O M
K N OW L E D G E = R ECA L L
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4. “ T H E A P P L I CAT I O N O F O P E RA N T
C O N D I T I O N I N G TO E D U C AT I O N I S S I M P L E A N D
D I R EC T. T E AC H I N G I S T H E A R RA N G E M E N T O F
C O N T I N G E N C I ES O F R E I N FO R C E M E N T U N D E R
W H I C H S T U D E N T S L E A R N . T H E Y L E A R N
W I T H O U T T E AC H I N G I N T H E I R N AT U RA L
E N V I R O N M E N T S , B U T T E AC H E R S A R RA N G E
S P EC I A L C O N T I N G E N C I ES W H I C H E X P E D I T E
L E A R N I N G , H AS T E N I N G T H E A P P E A RA N C E O F
B E H AV I O U R W H I C H WO U L D OT H E RW I S E B E
AC Q U I R E D S LOW LY O R M A K I N G S U R E O F T H E
A P P E A RA N C E O F B E H AV I O U R W H I C H M I G H T
OT H E RW I S E N E V E R O C C U R .” ~ B . F. S K I N N E R
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5. FO R S O M E R E AS O N , W E TO O K O N E LO O K AT
T H E E A R LY I N T E R N E T A N D FO R G OT A B O U T
A L L T H E N UA N C E O F T E AC H I N G , A L L T H E
S T RA N G E C H AO S O F L E A R N I N G , A N D
S U R R E N D E R E D TO A P H I LO S O P H Y O F S E E , D O,
H I T S U B M I T.
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W E B E L I E V E T H AT O N L I N E L E A R N I N G
H A P P E N S T H I S WAY.
6. D I G I TA L L I F E TO DAY
• C O N N E C T I V I S M
• A R E S U R G E N C E O F
C O N S T R U C T I V I S T P E D A G O G I E S
• M A S S I V E O P E N O N L I N E C O U R S E S
• H A S H TA G R E V O L U T I O N S
• FA K E N E W S
• C Y B E R B U L LY I N G
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7. C R I T I CA L P E DAG O GY A N D
I N S T R U C T I O N A L D ES I G N A R E H AV I N G
D I F F E R E N T C O N V E R SAT I O N S .
C R I T I CA L P E DAG O GY
E N C O U RAG ES L E A R N E R
AG E N CY A N D T H E
A B I L I T Y TO “ R E A D ”
O N E ’ S WO R L D A N D
C I R C U M S TA N C E I N
O R D E R TO C H A N G E
T H E M .
I N S T R U C T I O N A L D ES I G N
I S F I X E D O N
S TA N DA R D I Z AT I O N ,
E F F I C I E N CY, A N D
T E AC H E R - C E N T E R E D
AS S ES S M E N T O F
L E A R N E R S ’ P R O F I C I E N CY
A N D AC H I E V E M E N T.
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8. A N E A R LY, E M E R G I N G AT T E M P T TO G E T
AT S O M E C O N C R E T E M E T H O D O LO G I ES
FO R C R E AT I N G AG E N T I V E S PAC ES I N
O N L I N E A N D H Y B R I D L E A R N I N G
E N V I R O N M E N T S .
C R I T I CA L I N S T R U C T I O N A L D ES I G N
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9. P R I O R I T I ES :
• C O L L A B O RAT I O N
• PA RT I C I PAT I O N
• S O C I A L J U S T I C E
C R I T I CA L I N S T R U C T I O N A L D ES I G N
• L E A R N E R AG E N CY
• E M E R G E N C E
• N A R RAT I V E
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10. TO O M U C H , T RA D I T I O N A L
I N S T R U C T I O N A L D ES I G N
I S A N I N S T R U M E N T O F
S TA N DA R D I Z AT I O N , A N D
T H E R E FO R E A N
I N S T R U M E N T O F
E XC LU S I O N .
C R I T I CA L I N S T R U C T I O N A L
D ES I G N A I M S FO R T H E
F U L L ES T I N C LU S I O N
P O S S I B L E .
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11. AS S ES S M E N T O F A L L K I N D S AS S U M E A
D ES I R E D O U TC O M E ; A N D B E LOW T H AT T H E Y
N E E D TO AS S U M E T H AT A L L L E A R N E R S CA N
R E AC H T H E SA M E O U TC O M ES , N O M AT T E R
T H E I R BAC KG R O U N D S O R
I N T E R S EC T I O N A L I T Y.
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“AS S ES S M E N T S H O U L D B E , BY I T S N AT U R E ,
A N O P E N Q U ES T I O N .” ~ J ES S E S TO M M E L , “ W H Y
I D O N ’ T G RA D E ”
12. “ I F, AS O N L I N E E D U CATO R S , D E V E LO P E R S ,
P O L I CY M A K E R S , D ES I G N E R S A N D
R ES E A R C H E R S , W E D O N ’ T AT T E M P T TO WO R K
W I T H T H E M ES S I N ES S O F L E A R N I N G , W E W I L L
N OT B E A B L E TO M A K E R E A L LY M E A N I N G F U L
E D U CAT I O N A L E X P E R I E N C ES O N L I N E , O R
M A K E M E A N I N G F R O M T H E O N L I N E
E X P E R I E N C ES T H AT O U R S T U D E N T S , FAC U LT Y
A N D C O L L E AG U ES A R E H AV I N G .”
A M Y C O L L I E R A N D J E N R O S S , “ M ES S I N O N L I N E
E D U CAT I O N : H OW I T I S , H OW I T S H O U L D B E ”
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13. I B U I L D C O U R S ES T H E WAY I I M AG I N E
S TO R I ES . W H E N I E N V I S I O N A C O U R S E , M Y
B ES T H O P E I S T H AT S T U D E N T S W I L L B E
N A R RATO R S ( R E L I A B L E , U N R E L I A B L E ) A N D
T H AT I T W I L L B E T H E I R C H A RAC T E R S T H AT
D R I V E T H E S TO RY.
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14. H OW C R I T I CA L I N S T R U C T I O N A L D ES I G N
G R OWS I S U P TO YO U. YO U H AV E TO F I G U R E
O U T W H AT I T M E A N S , H OW TO M A K E I T
H A P P E N .
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