2024 Online Learning Showcase – Institutional Perspectives on Learning Design

This artifact represents my participation in the 2024 Online Learning Showcase hosted by the Center for Academic Innovation. The event highlighted the university’s approach to designing, developing, and scaling online learning experiences—including open, non-credit, and for-credit programs. Sessions explored how learning designers collaborate with faculty, the role of Michigan Online in expanding global access, and the institutional strategies shaping online education at scale.

Core Competencies

  • Fostering Workplace Skills and Professional Relationships

    This experience illuminated how cross-functional collaboration is essential to designing learning experiences that align with both pedagogical intent and institutional strategy. Observing the norms of communication, project alignment, and team coordination at CAI helped me better understand the interpersonal and professional skills that shape design work in large, distributed organizations.

This showcase helped me see my own design work in the context of broader institutional systems. It reminded me that learning design is both creative and collaborative—and that it happens within structures shaped by funding, access goals, and university strategy. I left with a deeper appreciation for how professional communication, partnerships, and data-informed iteration all come together to support learner-centered innovation.