Elissa Leon

When embarking on my journey of learning the foundations of Instructional Design, I had limited knowledge about the career field. I initially stated,   "My personal definition of learning design is a focus in education that puts emphasis on design and learning cohesively to enhance environments and programs through creativity, knowledge, and skills to design plans for equitable and effective learning." I would now add to this definition that learning design includes knowledge of various frameworks and learning theories for supporting learners through their experiences. Additionally, I would add the word technology to my definition as I now realize what an important role technology plays in learning design.  My new definition would state "a focus on teaching and learning that puts an emphasis on designing creatively and cohesively with others using various frameworks, learning theories and technologies to support an effective learning experience that help enhance any env...

 My personal definition of  learning design is a focus in education that puts emphasis on design and learning cohesively to enhance environments and programs through creativity, knowledge, and skills to design plans for equitable and effective learning.  Technology plays a vital role in learning design by being able to create interactive learning experiences and provide tools to enable learners to engage with the content. The use and need for technology increased heavily during the pandemic and with that came a multitude of benefits and new learnings for the learning design space. Educational technology can be used to improve performance whether in education or workplace and be able to easily facilitate learning. One of the ways that technology plays a central role is for individuals with disabilities who are able to benefit from an education from a technological standpoint and similarly in remote wor...