Systems Thinking for Instructional Designers

Systems Thinking for Instructional Designers offers real-world cases that highlight how designers foster continuous improvement and manage change efforts across organizational contexts. Using a systems thinking approach, each case describes a holistic process that examines how a set of interdependent elements can be analyzed and coordinated to influence change. Instructional designers, faculty, program directors, digital learning leaders, and other development specialists will learn how systems thinking can solve authentic, real-world challenges. The book's rich narratives cover both successes and failures of meaningful growth, paradigm shifts, and large-scale problem-solving in a variety of settings, including education and industry.

M. Aaron Bond is Senior Director for Learning Services at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA. Suha Rahif Tamim is Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Instruction and Teacher Education in the College of Education at University of South Carolina, USA. Samantha J. Blevins is Senior Instructional Designer & Learning Architect in the Center for Innovative Teaching & Learning at Radford University, USA. Beth R. Sockman is Professor and Co-Department Chair in the Department of Professional and Secondary Education at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, USA.

1. Integrating Systems: A Practical Guide 2. System Thinking the Vision for Change in the Reading Intervention System (K-12) 3. System Collide and Cooperate (Education/International) 4. Rethinking Classroom and Instructional Support Management in Adult Higher Education (Higher Education) 5. Supporting Student Voice to Protest and the Impetus for Change (K-12) 6. Improving School Culture Through Systematic Changes (K-12) 7. Community Health Assessment: Best Practices through a Systems Thinking Approach (Health care/International) 8. A Systems Approach to Designing Instructional Credentialing Protocols: Addressing Chaos, Transparency, and Performance (Health care) 9. Applying Systems Thinking to Consider the Interdependencies Among Subsystems (Higher Education) 10. Implementing a Personalized Learning Initiative in a Large Urban School District (K-12) 11. Systems Thinking in Undergraduate Health care Education and Simulation-Enhanced Interprofessional Education (Higher Education) 12. Applying Instructional Design Principles to a Common Challenge in Health care Research (Health care) 13. Inclusive Histories: Using Systems Thinking and a Team-based Approach to Develop and Implement a U.S. History Curriculum Rooted in Social Justice (K-12) 14. A Journey to Quantified Blood Loss in a Tertiary Perinatal Setting (Health care) 15. Structuring and Supporting an Online Doctoral Program: Administrative and Academic Challenges (Higher Education) 16. Let's Idea Relay: Strategy for Harnessing Collective Intelligence (Higher Education) 17. The Case of Situated Learning Experiences for Secondary School Adult Certification (Education/International) 18. A Case Study of Social-Technical Systems Approaches and Educational Video Animations (Health care/International) 19. Systems in k-12 education and their impact on providing excellence in supervision (K-12) 20. COVID-19 Forces More Engaged Online Learning Strategies: A Systems Thinking Approach for Successful Course Delivery (Higher Education) 21. Innovativeness: The Capacity for Building and Sustaining Change (K-12) 22. Community Based Adult ESOL Instruction: Challenges and Successes of Moving to Online Teaching (Education/International) 23. Creating a Sustainable After-School Elementary School Literacy Program in Partnership with University Pre-Service Teacher Technology Course (K-12) 24. Registration Strengthening Program in 16 Districts (Health care/international) 25. Scaling down and changing up: Leveraging microlearning for professional development in the pharmaceutical industry (Healthcare) 26. Fortifying Systems Thinking and Change through Needs Assessment (Industry)