Introduction to Instructional Design

Stacie Cassat Green is an instructional designer and principal of 64 Crayons, where she designs e-learning products and programs, develops curricula, and coaches educators and organizations to help improve their teaching and learning designs. Green has taught for nearly 25 years at the Harvard Extension School and has over 25 years of experience in the field. She has worked for the Education Development Center; Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN); and Co-nect Schools, a spinoff of BBN. Her portfolio includes projects for PBS, Union College, Education Development Center, Advanced Practice Strategies, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Department of Defense Education Activity, Wellframe/Healthedge, Girl Rising, and the Southern Regional Education Board. In 2016, she received the Petra T. Shattuck Excellence in Teaching Award. She is Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Harvard Public Library, and holds a BA from Oberlin College and an EdM from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Denise Snyder is currently the director for learning design and digital innovation and chief diversity officer liaison for academic affairs at Union College. Previously, she worked for more than thirteen years as a senior academic technologies analyst and project manager at Harvard Law School and two years at Empire State College as a lead instructional designer. In these roles, Snyder works with faculty to help them adopt evidence-based learning design methods and pedagogy that support a vision of interdisciplinary, innovative, and inclusive approaches to teaching that empower all students to have agency and prepare them for the future. She completed the certificate in technology in education at the Harvard Extension School in 2003 and earned the ALM with a concentration in educational technologies there in 2007. Snyder's primary focus is on improving learning experiences through the thoughtful application of instructional design and learning technologies within traditional, online, and hybrid learning environments in the world of higher education. In 2016, she received the Petra T. Shattuck Excellence in Teaching Award.