The Covid-19 pandemic has presented an opportunity for rethinking assumptions about
education in general and higher education in particular. In the light of the general crisis the …

Highlights•This study positions uncertainty orientation as an element of designer
identity.•The study examines reflection for identity development in relation to uncertainty.• …

Designing within a system is ubiquitous to instructional design. In order to understand the
systemic impact of design decisions within an organization, one must understand the …

The growth in trade of food across international borders requires authorities to be trained to
promote food safety and risk-based inspection. Online training for risk-based food import …

Empathy is seen as essential for user-centered design and thus needs to be taken into
consideration in design education. Personas are a design method that is meant to promote …

The notion of designer empathy has become a cornerstone of design philosophy in fields
such as product design, human-computer interaction, and service design. But the literature …

Within design thinking, designers are responsible for generating, testing, and refining design
ideas as a means to refine the design problem and arrive at an effective solution. Thus …

As more K-12 students with disabilities enroll in online courses, virtual schools and
programs are working to make courses accessible through stronger course design. When …

As online education continues to proliferate that there is a need to understand how
institutions can better support faculty in the transition to online education. Building on work …

This chapter will address how instructional designers can validate user needs and
contextual factors influencing performance within their user experience design to ensure the …