Instructional Designers' Roles in Course Design and Delivery in Response to Emergency Remote Teaching

• In Event: Design and Technology: Thinking About the Design and Learning

Abstract

In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, many institutions of higher education (IHEs) transitioned their face-to-face courses to remote teaching with limited to no training for instructors on best practices for creating effective online learning activities (Hodges, et., al., 2020). Because of how quickly the COVID-19 shutdowns occurred, IHEs simply did not have the time to prepare online courses.

The purpose of this study was to gather perspectives from instructional designers about their experience of supporting the COVID-19 shift to emergency remote learning. Specifically, we had the following research questions.
1. What are the existing challenges in the emergency remote teaching tasks for IDs?
2. How can emergency remote teaching shape future online course design and
delivery from the IDs perspective?

Authors

• Mary F. Rice, The University of New Mexico

• Jingrong Xie, University of Missouri System

• Gulinna A, Fort Hays State University