Presented with Dr. Gina Warren-Conner at AECT 2014, November 2014, Jacksonville, Florida.

1. Faculty or ID?
Creating a Culture of
Collaborative Course Design and
Development
Lisa Johnson, Ph.D.
Gina Warren-Conner, Ed.D.
AECT 2014
Jacksonville , Florida, USA

2. Session Hosts
Lisa
Assistant Professor
Lisa.Johnson@Ashford.Edu
@KURIOUSMIND
Gina
Assistant Professor
Gina.Conner@Ashford.Edu

3. Overview
This practice proposal reports on the pilot of a course design
and development process within a College of Education.
The revised process presented has created a collaborative
course design and development experience and produced
strongly aligned, engaging, empowering, and effective courses
and programs.
This session reports on the culture changes, associated
personnel and process calibrations, and examples of our
successes and challenges thus far with the pilot of the new
Course Design Guide.
Johnson, L., & Conner, G. (2014). Faculty or ID? Creating a culture of collaborative course design and development. Presented at the Annual AECT
Conference in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, November 2014.

4. Outcomes
∗ Recognize challenges we encountered in
developing collaborative course design and
development processes.
∗ Discuss the Ashford University College of
Education collaborative course design and
development process.
Johnson, L., & Conner, G. (2014). Faculty or ID? Creating a culture of collaborative course design and development. Presented at the Annual AECT
Conference in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, November 2014.

5. Challenge #1
∗ Culture of Individualization
∗ Cooperation emphasized over collaboration
Johnson, L., & Conner, G. (2014). Faculty or ID? Creating a culture of collaborative course design and development. Presented at the Annual AECT
Conference in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, November 2014.

6. Challenge #2
∗ Communication Processes
∗ Delineated workgroups with distinct goals
∗ Unique cultures for accountability and sharing
Johnson, L., & Conner, G. (2014). Faculty or ID? Creating a culture of collaborative course design and development. Presented at the Annual AECT
Conference in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, November 2014.

7. Challenge #3
∗ Fluidity of Processes and Expectations
∗ Accreditation (Move from HLC to WSCUC/WASC)
∗ Lumina DQP (Perpetual Beta!)
∗ QM Rubric (2014 Updates)
∗ New staffing and faculty
∗ Mixed workstyles
∗ Asynchronous = Off Site Faculty
∗ (Semi) Synchronous = San Diego & Iowa Faculty & Staff

8. ?
Have You Experienced These
Challenges At Your Institution?

9. How We Overcame The Challenges
& What We Do Today…
Topics
∗ Course Design Café - Online Course Design Handbook
∗ Dangerous Designers Community of Practice
∗ Roles
∗ Faculty Developer/Designer
∗ Program Manager
∗ Quality Assurance
∗ Assessment Analyst
∗ Instructional Designer
∗ Career Services, Library & Writing Center Liaisons
∗ Curriculum Coordinators/Specialists
∗ Curriculum Design Specialist Faculty
∗ Instructional Design Specialist Faculty
Johnson, L., & Conner, G. (2014). Faculty or ID? Creating a culture of collaborative course design and development. Presented at the Annual AECT
Conference in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, November 2014.

10. Questions?
Follow Up With Us!
Lisa
@Kuriousmind
Lisa.Johnson@Ashford.Edu
Gina
Gina.Conner@Ashford.Edu
Johnson, L., & Conner, G. (2014). Faculty or ID? Creating a culture of collaborative course design and development. Presented at the Annual AECT
Conference in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, November 2014.