Monday, April 29, 2013

Request from the POD Network...Need Higher Education Instructional Designers for Research Study


 
 
Need for Instructional Designers from Higher Education to Participate in a Research Study

 

A doctoral student from Capella University in the School of Education is undertaking a PhD study to learn about what is involved for instructional designers when they design instruction for and work individually with a higher education faculty member (subject specialist) who is learning how to create a course for online delivery.  

 

The purpose of the research study is to provide a general description of what is involved for instructional designers when they design instruction for and work individually with faculty members who are learning to create an online course so that novice or experienced instructional designers can inform or improve their practice for this type of instructional design work. 

 

Qualifications for participating in the study are as follows:

·         Participant has a Masters or PhD level of instructional design or instructional design and technology education and 10 years of instructional design experience in the field, regardless of the setting or context.

 

·         Participant is currently employed in an institution of higher education and has five or more years’ experience working with individual faculty members (subject specialists) who are learning how to create an online course.   

 

·         Participant would be willing to participate in a 45-60 minute, audio recorded, telephonic interview with the researcher.  During the interview, the participant would describe in his or her own words what the practice of instructional design involves when designing instruction for and working individually with faculty members (subject specialists) who are learning how to create a course for delivery in the online environment. 

 

·         Participant must be willing to take part in follow-up communications with the researcher through the exchange of emails or telephone calls in order to

 

a.       Validate the researcher-prepared verbatim transcript of the telephonic interview held with the participant by reading through the transcript and making any changes on the transcript that the participant believes should be made to the transcript as prepared (add, take out, or make changes to any part of the participant’s dialogue within the transcript).

 

b.      Read and reflect upon the researcher’s prepared research report that depicts the essence of this type of instructional design work.

 

·         Participant would need to have access to a secure and private telephone or Skype account for participating in the one-to-one telephonic interview with the interviewer.

 

·         Participant would need to have access to a secure and quiet location for the purposes of participating in the one-to-one telephonic interview with the interviewer. 

 

·         Participant must be 18 years or older to participate in the study.

 

 

If you are interested in sharing the details of your experience with this type of instructional design work, please contact Mary Hudgins at m.hudgins@comcast.net letting her know of your interest to participate in the study. 

 

Provide a phone number by which I may contact you to discuss your qualifications to be in this study as well as a private email address to allow me to send you the Electronic Letter of Informed Consent form that gives you more detailed information about the study and your part in it.

 

Information gained during the interview may be published, but the researcher will ensure that no interview participants are identifiable.  The researcher gives a guarantee that all research participants will remain anonymous.

 

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