Consult with Ryer, your friendly neighborhood Instructional Design Librarian, to take your teaching to the next level. This presentation was created for the librarians and faculty members at my school, Western Washington University. I wanted to give them a better idea about what instructional design is, what I can do for them and what others have to say about my work.

4. INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN IS
“Good instructional design is about
packaging information in a way that
makes it easy to understand and
consume.”
- Lauren Pressley, Instructional Design for Students

5. INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN IS
“The goal of instructional design is
to make learning more efficient and
effective and to make learning less
difficult.”
- Gary Morrison et al., Designing Effective Instruction

7. WHAT DO OTHERS SAY?
“I approached Ryer with a
basic idea, or wishful thinking
about developing a lesson
plan, and inevitably Ryer
would say, “What do you want
the students to take away from
this…”

8. WHAT DO OTHERS SAY?
and from there our
conversation would shape into
a concrete rigorous lesson plan
that actively engaged
students.

9. WHAT DO OTHERS SAY?
I appreciate Ryer’s willingness
to bounce ideas around and
his skill at focusing on the goal
of giving students a quality
learning experience.”
– Peter Smith

10. WHAT DO OTHERS SAY?
“He had some great suggestions
about the general layout of our
proposal, but even more useful
was his assistance in prioritizing
outcomes and objectives to
make more effective use of each
class session.

11. WHAT DO OTHERS SAY?
He also had some innovative
ideas for in-class, active
learning exercises aimed at
getting students involved in
more meaningful ways.”
- Roz Koester