Caitlin Blank
Digital Teaching Fellow in Biology,
MIT
Student Learning Technologists: A Model for Transforming and Scaling Instructional Design
Thursday, October 28, 2021 | 3:00PM–3:45PM ET | Board 413, Poster Area, Exhibit Hall A, 200 Level
Viewing Location:
Philadelphia
Session Type:
Poster Session
Delivery Format:
Poster
Higher education is in the middle of a massive transformation in which the use of educational technology to support student learning is continuing to increase in unprecedented ways. This presentation will describe how a group of student workers were hired, trained, supported, and used as learning technologists (LTs). The LTs work supported faculty and course teams in creating emergency remote courses that used research-based instructional design principles during the summer launch of a new institution-wide LMS We'll discuss contextual factors that enabled this model to be quickly implemented and scaled, along with ideas for how other institutions might implement a similar structure. Data from the LMS and other survey instruments will demonstrate the positive impact and lessons learned (hiring and retention strategies, key training activities, communication and collaboration structures) along with implications and future directions for this model of scaled course building.
