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McDonald, Jason K.; Stefaniak, Jill; Rich, Peter J. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2022
Most of the prior research concerning instructional design (ID) education has taken place in the context of introductory courses. However, teaching advanced ID students differs from teaching novices because advanced students are capable of independent action, but also still need some targeted instruction to develop their own design skills and…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Instructional Design, Advanced Students, Advanced Courses
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Giboney, Justin Scott; McDonald, Jason K.; Balzotti, Jonathan; Hansen, Derek L.; Winters, Desiree M.; Bonsignore, Elizabeth – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2021
In this paper we introduce an approach to cybersecurity education and helping students develop professional understanding in the form of a Playable Case Study (PCS), a form of educational simulation that draws on affordances of the broader educational simulation genre, case study instruction, and educational Alternate Reality Games (or ARGs). A…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Computer Simulation, Case Studies, Educational Technology
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McDonald, Jason K.; West, Richard E.; Rich, Peter J.; Pfleger, Isaac – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2019
Traditionally, university students' education is siloed into disconnected courses and programs. Increasingly, however, there is a trend toward providing interdisciplinary learning experiences to help students develop meaningful skills for becoming more successful in their chosen careers. In this paper, we describe an instructional design project…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, College Students, Instructional Design, Undergraduate Study
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McDonald, Jason K.; Rich, Peter J.; Gubler, Nicholas B. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2019
The purpose of this study is to investigate how instructional design students perceive the informal, peer critique as an influence in their studio education. Our participants were students enrolled in beginning and advanced studio courses in the department of Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University. Groups of 2-3…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Peer Evaluation, Criticism, Feedback (Response)
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Matthews, Michael T.; Williams, Gregory S.; Yanchar, Stephen C.; McDonald, Jason K. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2017
The notion of designer empathy has become a cornerstone of design philosophy in fields such as product design, human-computer interaction, and service design. But the literature on instructional designer empathy and learner analysis suggests that distance learning designers are generally quite removed from the learners with whom they could be…
Descriptors: Empathy, Instructional Design, Distance Education, Qualitative Research
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McDonald, Jason K. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2011
If instructional designers hold limited views about their practice they sometimes adopt formulaic routines that do not help them accomplish the goals they believe are important, or develop instruction of a quality envisioned by the field's innovative theorists. Fortunately, designers can avoid these unfavorable results in part by understanding and…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Creativity, Instructional Design, Instructional Effectiveness