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.

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: Jason Emerich

In our first Athlete Spotlight we spoke with Jason Emerich about his path to the IDD&E program at Syracuse University and his advice to those considering the program. Chasing Dreams In 2016 Jason Emerich graduated from Syracuse University with a BS in Sports Management and a minor in Physical...

Spreading the Word About Instructional Design

By: Yuri Pavlov I have conducted 3 workshops on Instructional Design within one month. The first workshop was in Chicago at the North America Regional Conference organized by the Open Society Foundations (OSF) on March 16, 2017. The audience was graduate students sponsored by OSF to study in a...