Education Services Specialist

About the Book

This handbook can be described as incorporating the basic knowledge base required to design courses or curriculums. It is designed for those individuals who are pursuing additional knowledge in instructional design, or curriculum design, for those who instruct in the classroom or online, or for those who supervise others who design courses or instruct. The fundamental concepts and content do not change dramatically year to year; thus, the recent information on new theories and ID models are enumerated in the classroom. This book becomes the down and dirty essential information one will need to build upon from the classroom. The content included in this handbook serves as the only information required to become an entry-level designer.

About the Author

Dr. Vivaldi received her PhD in instructional design for online learning from Capella University. She has been involved in designing curriculum for the past thirteen years. She devised the two- and four-year criminal justice track, an advanced criminology course, redesigned the capstone course for graduates at the master level (in two separate disciplines) and, recently, the education service specialist certificate that this handbook addresses. She has taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the classroom and also, for the past three years, has taught criminal justice courses online at the undergraduate level. She is a progressive thinker and believes that the academic world will eventually embrace the vision of one book per curriculum. Students will be introduced to the up-to-date theories and projects within the classroom by the instructor but only use one book for an entire curriculum structure and learn only the essential information needed. That is why this is called the Down and Dirty series.