EDUCAUSE Review Articles, Instructional Technologies, and Instructional Design

nanoHUB is an online portal for nanotechnology researchers, instructors, and students created by Purdue University and the National Science Foundation. It uses cyberinfrastructure to provide access to scientific tools for research, demonstration, and collaboration, as well as instructional materials. Users can run experiments, review research, or download lectures. nanoHUB is a virtual toolkit as well as a community where students and faculty contribute to the science of nanotechnology.

The author asks the questions, what is it going to take to see new media, multimodal literacies, and curriculum and instructional change at colleges and universities?

Reflecting on their recent research study, a systems designer, a pedagogist, and a learning researcher discuss the advantages and shortcomings of learning/course management systems and also what faculty, students, and administrators want from the next-generation e-learning environment.

The author discusses the evolution of instructional designers and technologists in an ever increasing IT integrated environment.