How to Become a Course Design Superhero

Concurrent Session 2

Brief Abstract

Florida International University shares how they unleashed Course Design Superpowers with tools from Cidi Labs! Discover how to overcome limited time, resources, and technical skills to create amazing learning experiences at scale. FIU will share their practical tips for maximizing the impact of these tools. Join us and become a course design superhero!

Presenters

Lead Presenter: Maikel Right, FIU Online

Maikel Alendy is currently a senior instructional designer with FIU Online. With degrees from the University of Florida and Florida International University in the fields of neuroscience, cultural anthropology, healthcare, and business; his main research interests and publications are in cardiovascular molecular biology, aging, social media, anthropology, and online pedagogy. Within FIU’s honors college, Maikel teaches the fully-online course Digital Fairytale, merging social movements, disruptive technologies, and business trends with a dash of neuropsychology. He is also the instructor for the hybrid course Power of Play, in which students examine the importance of play throughout their lifetime and partner with Sweetwater Elementary to design games for K-5 students. Maikel currently serves as the online experience consultant for FIU’s Honors College and the CTO for a small digital consulting company based in Miami.

Co-presenter: Kenneth Larsen, Cidi Labs

Kenneth invented DesignPLUS when he worked as a programmer/analyst with Utah State University’s (USU) Center for Innovative Design and Instruction (CIDI). He blends a master’s degree in Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences from USU with 14 years of Internet development experience to empower teachers and designers to push the boundaries of online course development.  He loves exploring the outdoors with his wife and 2 daughters and often spends downtime taking pictures, drawing, reading, and scheming new features to add to DesignPLUS.

Extended Abstract

Are you ready to become a Course Design Superhero and level up your superpowers? Join us for a dynamic session featuring Florida International University and Cidi Labs suite of simple-yet-powerful Canvas tools and live demonstrations of the course design superpowers they can unlock.

FIU will show you how to harness the power of these tools to overcome the villains of limited time, resources, and technical skills to create amazing learning experiences at scale. You'll hear from FIU course design superheroes who have used Cid Labs tools to unlock superpowers such as task shrinking, barrier blasting, course-ray vision, and much more!

We'll share practical tips for maximizing the impact of these tools and provide actionable insights for creating truly impactful learning experiences. So put on your cape, grab your trusty tools, and join us for an unforgettable story of how a few simple tools can help you unleash superpowers to deliver more engaging, accessible learning experiences for all students.