Instructional design has been undergoing significant changes resulting from developments in areas including pedagogy, learning science, and technology. Explore this resource site—a collection of all EDUCAUSE resources related to instructional design in higher education.
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Interested in using AI tools for course design? Take part in the "Teaching with AI" online EDUCAUSE course. Or if you are looking to develop leadership skills and abilities to support your institution's teaching and learning mission, consider attending the EDUCAUSE Institute Learning Technology Leadership Program.
This Shop Talk discusses the indispensable value of the humanities as a proxy for larger conversations around the benefits of liberal arts education and higher education in general.
The SAMR + AI Matrix is a structured learning design tool that aligns the SAMR Model with Bloom's Taxonomy, mapping levels of technological use to cognitive demand to guide instructors in determining how artificial intelligence (AI) could impact student work. This matrix is operationalized through a five-step framework that helps instructors deliberately design for the presence of AI in learning experiences.
The 2026 EDUCAUSE Impact of AI on Learning Assessment Report examines AI’s impact on learning assessment, highlighting growing adoption, evolving practices, and the need for clearer policies and stronger AI literacy in higher education
