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Critical instructional design: resisting commodification by investing in faculty

In: How to Use Digital Learning with Confidence and Creativity

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  • Martha Burtis
  • Robin DeRosa

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Those of us working in faculty development are witnessing increasing institutional dependence upon “solutionism” to solve the myriad problems facing higher education. Focusing on solutions opens a door to corporations and consultants who offer products and ideas to fix what’s “broken.” Outsourcing to third-party solutions is part of an ongoing commodification of higher education, in which students are customers and value is quantified by rankings, and we have replaced the transformational nature of education with the trappings of commercial transaction. What does all this mean for the work of designing education? In this chapter, we explore how faculty and support staff, in partnership with students, can approach instructional design critically, not only to build more engaging and learner-centered learning experiences, but also to cultivate a future for higher education that replaces commodification with care.

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  • Martha Burtis & Robin DeRosa, 2024. "Critical instructional design: resisting commodification by investing in faculty," Chapters, in: Gearóid Ó Súilleabháin & Donna Lanclos & Tom Farrelly (ed.), How to Use Digital Learning with Confidence and Creativity, chapter 35, pages 297-304, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:22284_35
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