Andrea Gregg co-authors research-supported book to improve online learning
March 18, 2024
Andrea Gregg, the director of learning experience design and an associate research professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State, co-authored a book titled High-Impact Design for Online Courses: Blueprinting Quality Digital Learning in Eight Practical Steps (HIDOC). Penny Ralston Berg, a senior instructional designer at Penn State World Campus, and Bethany Simunich, the vice president of innovation and research at Quality Matters, are the other two co-authors.
According to Gregg, HIDOC’s authors relied on their combined 60+ years of professional experience collaborating with faculty subject matter experts to design over 300 online and hybrid courses across a multitude of disciplines. They distilled this experience into eight actionable steps for creating engaging and impactful online learning. HIDOC provides a process grounded in the research base of instructional design, distance education and the learning sciences, Gregg said. Design worksheets in the book were pilot tested with faculty in the mechanical engineering department. HIDOC takes a "learning first, technology second" approach to online education and provides faculty and instructional designers with a comprehensive framework for creating high-quality online courses.
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Andrea Gregg, the director of learning experience design and an associate research professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State, co-authored a book titled High-Impact Design for Online Courses: Blueprinting Quality Digital Learning in Eight Practical Steps (HIDOC). Credit: Penn State College of Engineering
