As Rhett and I work in course design for a living, we thought that this course would simply be another normal task! We wanted to be wrong in that thought, and thankfully, we were as this was no normal development! When deciding the topic our course was going to be on we talked about picking our […]

If you haven’t heard by now this is not our first attempt at building an online course. Rhett and I have been involved in many online course developments at the U of R over the last five years. But one thing we rarely ever get the chance to do is get student feedback prior to […]

One of the best aspects of classroom learning is that you know all your fellow classmates are going through the same experience you are. If there’s ever anything you’re struggling with you’re certainly not alone. You can build relationships with your classmates and your teacher as time goes on, and over time develop a real […]

Working in instructional design is always interesting. We get the opportunity to design courses for topics that we know little to nothing about, which always keeps things interesting and fresh! Does this change when the course being designed is in a language that we do not understand? Well, it certainly is more daunting of a […]