Micah Shippee (IDDE Ph.D. ’16) is an adjunct professor in the IDD&E Department at SU. In the 2021–22 academic year, he teaches IDE 621, IDE 761, and IDE 764. He is also a CEO and a Social Studies middle school teacher in Liverpool, NY.
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SPOTLIGHT: Hemalathaa K. Y.
Hemalathaa K. Y. is a first-year doctoral student from India. In this interview, she shares with us her reasons for studying IDD&E and what her experience has been so far after one semester of coursework.
SPOTLIGHT: Violetta Soboleva
Violetta Soboleva is an M.S. IDD&E student from Russia who came to Syracuse University as a Fulbright scholar. In this interview, she describes her interest in instructional design and how she intends to apply the IDD&E knowledge in the future.
SPOTLIGHT: Hafiz Awais Afzal
Hafiz Awais Afzal is an M.S. IDD&E student from Pakistan. He is an aspiring young leader, entrepreneur, and full-stack developer with the desire to help people bring change in the education system of Pakistan.
SPOTLIGHT: Ekaterina Tretiakova
Ekaterina Tretiakova (M.S. IDD&E ’21) is a recent IDD&E alumna from Russia. In this interview, she shares with us what brought her in the IDD&E program, what she thought of it, and what her immediate future looks like.
The Instructional Design Field Lost a Giant Scholar
As an IDDE doctoral student in the late 1970s, I was first introduced to Professor Tjeerd Plomp and other University of Twente faculty and students by Professor Don Ely.
Tjeerd Plomp, Colossal Figure in I.D., Dies at 83
Tjeerd Plomp (1938–2021), Professor Emeritus of Educational Science and Technology at the University of Twente, Netherlands, passed away on September 17, 2021.
SPOTLIGHT: Fasika Minda Melese
In her essay "Coming to America, again," Fasika shares her thoughts on becoming an IDD&E doctoral student.
SPOTLIGHT: Aytaç Göğüş and Erin Cunia
Two alumni were put on the Spotlight to share their career updates.
IDD&E Helps Fight Coronavirus in Honduras
Explore how our alumnus, Elvis Rivera, used his IDD&E knowledge to help medical professionals in his community fight the novel coronavirus pandemic in Western Honduras.
IDD&E Takes Pride in its Diverse Student Body
In the academic year 2019–2020, a total of 67 students are enrolled to study instructional design at the master’s, doctoral, and certificate of advanced study levels. This adds to the supportive and collegial environment in IDD&E.
Tiffany A. Koszalka: A Recognition “Very Well-Deserved”
Dr. Tiffany A. Koszalka received the prestigious 2020 Excellence in Graduate Education Faculty Recognition Award on April 17, 2020.
Lina Souid: Good Instructional Design in 3 Lessons
Doctoral candidate Lina Souid is sharing her updates and gives us three important lessons that will help us in the profession: rely on data, communicate to all stakeholders, teach higher-order thinking.
David Patent: No Ordinary Tuesday
Find out what a day in the life of David Patent looks like being both a teacher and a student at the same time in the time of the novel coronavirus. Does it sound familiar to your experience?
IDD&E Students in the Time of the Coronavirus
The transition to online instruction in March 2020 following the novel coronavirus outbreak was hardly easy for anyone. We asked some IDD&E students to share their perspectives on how they found silver lining amid COVID-19 for their learning and what good they learned to appreciate in the given circumstances.
SPOTLIGHT: Yanping Lin
Yanping Lin, IDD&E master's student from China, has shared the lessons she learned during her journey through the IDD&E program and the takeaways for her future career.
SPOTLIGHT: Rob S. Pusch
Check out what Dr. Rob S. Pusch thinks about the recent experience of everyone transitioning to online classes. Dr. Pusch has been teaching online courses for 15 years and involved in the design and development of distance learning for nearly 30 years.
SPOTLIGHT: Rebecca Pettit
Find out how Rebecca Pettit, IDD&E Office Coordinator, was able to turn the department into a little supportive oasis for both students and faculty.
SPOTLIGHT: Gerald Edmonds
Book edited by IDD&E alumni receives positive review In summer 2017, the book Bridging the High School–College Gap (2016) received a positive review in the educational journal The Teachers College Record (TCR). The book was edited by adjunct faculty member Dr. Gerald Edmonds, Ph.D., and IDD&E alumna Tiffany Squires,...
SPOTLIGHT: Jason Ravitz
Internet and Education In this October 2017 IDDE Spotlight we connected with Jason Ravitz about his unique trajectory into the IDDE world and the Internet and education. Dr. Jason Ravitz’s (MS 1995, PhD 1999) IDD&E journey started with a conversation that took place in the air and he hasn’t...
