Form, Function, and Style in Instructional Design: Emerging Research and Opportunities

• #1. Cognitive Load Theory, Spacing Effect, and Working Memory Resources Depletion: Implications for Instructional Design
• #2. Applying Uses and Gratifications to Promote Cognitive and Affective Learning via Online Instructional Content
• #3. Intergenerational Learning Styles, Instructional Design Strategy, and Learning Efficacy
• #4. Some Basics to the Initial Setup and Maintenance of Serialized Online Learning
• #5. Designing Integrated Learning Paths for Individual Lifelong Learners and/or Small Groups: Backwards Curriculum Design From Target Complex-Skill Capabilities (for Nonformal Informal Learning)
• #6. Recognizing Curricular Infusions in Extant Online Learning Contents by Types and at Varying Scales
• #7. Optimizing Static and Dynamic Visual Expressions of Time-Based Events, Processes, Procedures, and Future Projections for Instructional Design
• #8. Defining Salient Features of “Boutique” Instructional Designs and Implications for Design, Development, and Deployment
• #9. The Respective Roles of Broad and Deep Research in Instructional Design and Development Work

Shalin Hai-Jew works as a grant writer at Hutchinson Community College (HutchCC) in Hutchinson, Kansas. Just prior, she worked as an instructional designer at Kansas State University (K-State), where she worked for 17.5 years. She has taught at the university and college levels for many years (including four years in the People’s Republic of China) and was tenured at Shoreline Community College but left tenure to pursue instructional design work. She has Bachelor’s degrees in English and psychology, a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from the University of Washington (Hugh Paradise Scholar), and an Ed.D in Educational Leadership with a focus on public administration from Seattle University (where she was a Morford Scholar). She tested into the University of Washington at 14. She reviews for several publishers and publications. She has worked on a number of instructional design projects, including public health, biosecurity, one health, mental health, PTSD, grain science, turfgrass management, social justice, and others. She has authored and edited a number of books. Hai-Jew was born in Huntsville, Alabama, in the U.S. Currently, she is working on multiple projects.