Instructional Design & Technology

Faculty deal with multiple tasks and challenges, from student engagement and participation to accessibility issues, in creating and managing course content and materials for different learning management systems, delivery methods or modalities. Instructional designers help instructors navigate new learning technologies and explore options that best serve their learning objectives, better plan, assess, and communicate course activities, assignments, and requirements, and re-design or develop new educational resources and classroom interactions, from readings and syllabi to in class discussions and collaboration.

The Teaching and Learning Lab offers a series of resources, workshops, consultations, and support on instructional design and technologies for faculty.

Faculty can also find training and support resources for commonly used tools such as Canvas, Zoom, and Panopto, on the IT Services Portal.

Dimitris C. Papadopoulos (he/him), Ph.D., instructional designer at the Teaching & Learning Lab, supports faculty in using RISD's learning management system (Canvas), integrating digital tools that best fit learning objectives, and developing inclusive and accessible learning resources. Dimitris works with faculty on different instructional design and digital pedagogy tasks and topics such as:

• managing, reusing, and redesigning course materials in Canvas
• designing syllabi
• integrating digital tools like Miro, or Hypothes.is for student engagement and collaboration
• testing and evaluating generative AI and emerging technologies
• starting a new digital pedagogy project
• assignments and assessment

Schedule a consultation

Email: dpapadop@risd.edu

293 South Main, #306

401-427-3047