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Context and instructional design

We've been running some workshops for faculty at University of Manitoba on how to begin integrating technology into teaching. One of the areas of greatest concern (for me at least) is the challenge of traditional instructional design. Instructional design is a complex, involved, and expensive process. Most courses/workshops/training sessions are NOT subject to ID. Why? Time, expertise, and the reality of teaching/training - we just don't have (or take) the time to subject our activities to ID models. When new programs are initiated, ID is often prominent (as it ought to be). But for existing programs or courses, the ID process is missing, and instead we get a more haphazard approach to adding technology to teaching/learning. I've posted a short article based on yesterday's workshop: Context: Planning for the space of learning.