TY - JOUR
T1 - Troubled times
T2 - The role of instructional design in a modern dualmode university?
AU - Fyle, Clifford Omodele
AU - Moseley, Alexander
AU - Hayes, Nichola
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Reduced higher education funding and other austerity measures imposed by governments and institutions have resulted in cascading cuts in resources for programme design, delivery and revision. The instructional design function is often the first casualty of these cuts in many universities. This paper considers the roles and functions of instructional design, illuminates the differences in instructional design functions in on-site learning and in distance learning, and examines the broadening of skills and responsibilities encompassed in instructional design, especially in dual-mode institutions. Two case studies, illustrating different levels of instructional design in course development for distance learning in a dual-mode institution, lead to reflections on the value of instructional design in the current and future higher education landscape.
AB - Reduced higher education funding and other austerity measures imposed by governments and institutions have resulted in cascading cuts in resources for programme design, delivery and revision. The instructional design function is often the first casualty of these cuts in many universities. This paper considers the roles and functions of instructional design, illuminates the differences in instructional design functions in on-site learning and in distance learning, and examines the broadening of skills and responsibilities encompassed in instructional design, especially in dual-mode institutions. Two case studies, illustrating different levels of instructional design in course development for distance learning in a dual-mode institution, lead to reflections on the value of instructional design in the current and future higher education landscape.
KW - Distance learning
KW - Dual mode
KW - Higher education funding
KW - Instructional design
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U2 - 10.1080/02680513.2012.640784
DO - 10.1080/02680513.2012.640784
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84865743271
SN - 0268-0513
VL - 27
SP - 53
EP - 64
JO - Open Learning
JF - Open Learning
IS - 1
ER -