Ethically Informed Design

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Published: Dec 30, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14434/ijdl.v15i3.37661
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Instructional Design and Technology, Equity Informed Design, Cultural Competency, Design Case
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Special Section: Ethics in Learning Design
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Brett Cook-Snell
Old Dominion University
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2115-9718

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This design case presents my experiences, successes, and challenges, in the design and delivery of a six-week special topics course on culturally inclusive instructional design. The course was delivered synchronously with a diverse group of 15 individuals enrolled in the instructional design and technology degree program. The focus of the course was uncovering implicit and explicit biases in design practices. Topics addressed included the systemic isms of society, such as racism, ableism, genderism, and many more. Relevant to this special issue, ethical design practices are viewed in the light of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) standards and code of ethics (2012).

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Cook-Snell, B. (2024). Ethically Informed Design. International Journal of Designs for Learning, 15(3), 221–231. https://doi.org/10.14434/ijdl.v15i3.37661
Author Biography

Brett Cook-Snell, Old Dominion University

Brett H. Cook-Snell is a Senior Lecturer within the Darden College Education and Professional Studies at Old Dominion University. Their terminal degree is education with an emphasis in instructional design and technology. Brett is a Crip/Queer, cisgender, 63-year-old, white male. They serve as the director on the college’s diversity committee and represent the college in meetings of diversity chairs across the university. Their research interests include anti-racist instructional design, intersectionality, and culturally inclusive instructional design. They are author of the blog, Let’s Talk about Race, which is being retooled and rebranded as Seeing I2I – Intersections and -isms. The rebranded site will include an immersive virtual reality component based upon the Proteus Effect of avatar embodiment. Dr. Cook-Snell lives in Virginia Beach, VA with husband Mark Snell-Cook and their two Corgis, Alexander Jack and Atari.

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