This book examines the topic of learning design from a human, interactive, and collaborative perspective. A variety of pedagogic and instructional modalities are thoroughly investigated as methodologies for creating functional and effective designs for students. The book is appropriate for all levels of teaching and learning, but special attention is paid to the special requirement of higher education, graduate education and post-graduate classrooms.

Within the research chapters are embedded numerous examples, case studies, and implementation guides. The book is a scholarly yet practical guide to learning design and everyone from educational researchers in all areas of educational technology to instructional designers and instructional technologists will find it useful and inspiring at once.  

Brad Hokanson is a professor in Design at the University of Minnesota. He has a diverse academic record, including degrees in art, architecture, urban design, and received his Ph.D. in Instructional Technology. He teaches in the area of creative problem solving and has published research in the fields of creativity and educational technology. His most recent book on the development of creativity is Developing Creative Thinking in Learners. He also is currently the Mertie Buckman Professor of Design Education. He won his colleges awards for outstanding teaching in 2002 and 2008.

He has recently completed research on the relationship between creativity and achievement in school children, comparing measured creativity with standardized achievement scores. He is now running his fourth massive online course on creativity for the University of Minnesota with an enrollment of over 201,000. Previous courses each enrolled over 52,000 learners. 

He served asPresident of the Association of Educational Communication and Technology in 2017 and won the J. Michael Spector Award for exemplary service to AECT, 2020.

Introduction.- A Framework for Inquiry on Instructed Learning.- Making Decisions about Asynchronous and Synchronous Engagement Strategies: Access and Inclusion.- Using Live Interactive Improv to Instill a Participatory, Transactional Learning Culture in the Classroom.- Instructional Design as a Way of Acting in Relationship with Learners.- The Case for Rethinking Multimedia.- Designing Master Courses that Promote Significant, Engaged Learning.- Analogies, Metaphors, and Similes as We Ponder Anew the Aims, Design, and Meaning of Learning.- Learning experience in an Instructional Design doctoral program: A re-design case.- Current and Emerging Views of Learner Experience from the Field of Learning Design& Technology.- Learning to learn lifelong across domains and disciplines: Heutagogy and movement towards triple-loop learning .- Social Media for Connected Learning and Engagement in Online Education.- Design of Learning Experience to Engage Learning in an Instructional Design and Technology Graduate-Level Class: DGBL (Digital-Game-Based-Learning) Cases.- Using Psychological Theories to Enhance Guided Inquiry Design.- The Nature of Learning in Highly Collaborative Environments.- Digital Interactives To Improve Learning In Haiti - Research Innovation And Scholarly Excellence (RISE) Grant Project.- Human Systems Dynamics in Interdisciplinary Education: A Complexity Theory Approach.- A Case Study of Chinas Edtech Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak: Examining Learning Experiences Designs with a Multidimensional Learning Framework.- Design and Development of Mobile Simulation for Preservice Teachers Classroom Management Skill Training.- Tell me about this shoe: object-based learning experiences for undergraduates.- Transforming Universities Into Learning Organizations.- Strategies for Creating Engaging Learning Communities to Inspire& Motivate Adult Learners.- The Invisible Message.- Blocks, Access, Success and Engagement: Learning Design Considerations in Progress-Monitoring Tools for American Sign Language or English.- Neurotechnologies and the Neurodiversity Movement for Defining Learners, Designing Multimedia Learning Spaces, and Evaluating Learning.- Strategies for Creating Engaging Learning Communities to Inspire& Motivate Adult Learners.