GSEHD alumna Whitney Gilmore (certificate, Educational Technology Leadership), Co-Founder & Chief Academic Officer at iDesign, edited two open-source books and wrote introduction chapters for each book: Humanizing online teaching and learning and Connecting the dots: Improving student outcomes and experiences with exceptional instructional design: Quality Matters in the design of learning experiences.
Humanizing online teaching and learning is a collection of chapters written by the participants of a free open course on the Canvas Open Network entitled Humanizing Online Instruction. In the course a variety of methods for increasing presence in online courses were shared in this multi-institutional, international, online professional learning opportunity.
Connecting the Dots is a collection of stories about the importance of instructional design as it relates to the creation of quality learning experiences in the support of all learners.
Both books are published in full on PRESSBOOKS.