{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimpactlearning.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fwhitney-kilgore-K3barsHE","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Partnering with Higher Education to Design Courses and Degrees with Whitney Kilgore","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/f5f77674-ba38-4fbb-be3a-2d7220792750/e5f2df12-be82-4667-bdf7-0bf6817be902/logo61.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/d3afc976-e763-4792-b132-df0f8d3a49d4\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Partnering with Higher Education to Design Courses and Degrees with Whitney Kilgore\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Today, Maria talks with Whitney Kilgore, co-founder & Chief Academic Officer at iDesign, an organization that partners with universities and colleges to build, grow, and support online and blended courses and programs.\n\niDesign is passionate about helping faculty harness the potential of emerging technologies to design courses and degrees that make an impact, whether they are fully online, flipped, adaptive, blended or competency-based. From statewide university systems to private colleges, their custom solutions pair instructional design with technologies to enable great teaching and learning.\n\nIf you are an educator or faculty, this episode will offer you insights and resources to help you develop your virtual presence and create student-centered learning experiences. If you are a student about to start college or university, you will gain a deeper understanding of the learner experience and how instructional design can help unlock the human element in online courses so you can develop cognitively and stay engaged socially during your higher education journey.\n\nYou will also learn about LX Pathways, an educational resource for those interested in becoming an Instructional Technologist, Learning Architect, or Online Instructor who designs and supports high-quality online teaching and learning experiences.\n\nTune in to learn from an inspiring entrepreneur who is contributing to the future of higher ed and the future of learning and work."}