Salisbury University |  Instructional Design & Delivery Newsletter | April 15, 2025

ID&D Presents at MDLA Conference

On April 4, 2025, two members of ID&D presented at the Maryland Distance Learning Association (MDLA) Conference to support the use of distance education in Maryland. Dr. Haley Cristea presented on behalf of herself, Melissa Thomas and Dr. Janice Orcutt on Soaring with the Cs: Canvas, Catalog, and Credentials, to discuss the redesign of the Soaring with Online Learning program. This session discussed how flexible and on-demand learning can be supported through various Instructure platforms that work together to support enrollment, course completion, and microcredentials to verify skills and knowledge acquired.

Karen Silverstrim presented on Leveraging AI to Streamline Course Development, which provided an introduction to and real-world examples of course content such as podcasts, schematics, and interactive chatbots (Chat with the queen of England, anyone?) and games, developed with the help of AI to support students in Silverstrim's History class. In this well- attended session, Silverstrim focused on AI tools that have free versions available and provided a variety of ways to create activities that engage students in studying, self-checks, and thinking critically about historical connections to modern systems and structures in our daily lives.

Faculty Learning Community - Call for Proposals

Faculty Learning Community (FLC) proposals are now being accepted for the upcoming 2025-2026 academic year. Your proposal can be for a cohort-based or topic-based FLC. The proposal should be developed by the prospective FLC facilitator(s) with a budget not to exceed $1,250.

Proposals must be submitted by Monday, May 12, 2025. For more information on FLCs and the application process, please visit the Faculty Learning Communities website.

Last Call for Proposals for OER Faculty Grants

The Maryland Open Source Textbook (MOST) initiative is seeking proposals for its Faculty OER Grant Program, which supports faculty efforts to increase access, affordability and achievement for students at Maryland’s post-secondary institutions through the incorporation of open educational resources (OER) into teaching practice.

Available grants in 2025 include:

• Adopt/Adapt OER ($1,000 grant + Participation in the Lumen Circles Community of Practice)
• Create/Revise and Publish OER ($2,000 grant + Participation in the Rebus Textbook Success Program)

All proposals must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, April  18, 2025.

Salisbury Hub for OER Commons

Have you created Open Educational Resources (OER) or adopted/adapted existing OER you find useful? We want to know about it; share your course materials on the Salisbury Hub of the  M.O.S.T. Commons!

There are two ways to share OER on the M.O.S.T. Commons, you can register for an account and click on the option to Add OER to upload OER directly to the commons or you can email either Katie Delezenski (SU Libraries) or Karen Silverstrim (ID&D) for uploading.

While on the M.O.S.T. Commons consider visiting the Salisbury Hub, a custom resource center where SU faculty can create, organize, and share collections.  

Since OER repositories are accessed globally, they are increasingly focused on accessibility to ensure inclusivity for all learners, including those with disabilities.This is accomplished through a combination of best practices in content creation, curation, and repository design.  

Interested in learning more about Open Educational Resources? Visit the Library's OER LibGuide.

National Student Employment Week (NSEW) - April 13-19

Instructional Design & Delivery (ID&D) would like to take a moment to honor our Student Learning Assistants by including a few comments received through our support system for each student. Thank you for your contributions, your dedication, your hard work, and your commitment to supporting faculty, and indirectly staff and students at SU. We invite anyone who has worked with these amazing Learning Assistants to post your appreciation on X (Twitter) by tagging @SU_IDD in your post. 

"It was through my student employment at SU as an undergrad, that led me on my path to where I am today. In ID&D, our Learning Assistants are a valuable part of our team and we hope that we provide workforce development skills that they can take into their future careers." - Melissa Thomas, Manager, Instructional Design & Delivery.

ID&D extends our gratitude to all student employees across SU: THANK YOU!

Imagine a world where every student has access to high-quality, barrier-free educational resources. You can be part of making that vision a reality! Our workshop empowers educators to curate OER and assure its accessibility.  We will give a short presentation, then work with faculty while they learn how to make OER course materials accessible.  Learn to create learning experiences that resonate with every learner, regardless of their needs. This workshop will be online via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).

SU is an Equal Opportunity/AA/Title IX university and provides reasonable accommodation given sufficient notice to the University office or staff sponsoring the event or program. For more information regarding SU's policies and procedures, please visit www.salisbury.edu/equity.

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