Instructional Design & Technology

Designing learning that meets people where they are.

I’m Stephen Bronack — a professor, instructional designer, and teacher first. This site is where I share the courses I build, a free library of resources I curate, and writing on how learning actually works across the settings of real life.

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Courses

Practical, self-paced courses on instructional design, emerging technologies, and designing for distributed learners.

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Resource Library

A free, growing collection of articles, tools, and templates for designing learning — curated and tagged.

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Writing

Short essays on teaching, distributed learning, and choosing technology without being chosen by it.

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Foundations of Instructional Design

A practical introduction to designing learning experiences for adult and professional audiences.

Start here. A grounded, hands-on introduction to designing learning that works for adults and working professionals — from needs and outcomes through activities, assessment, and iteration.

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Designing for Distributed Learners

Designing for learners whose lives and pathways span physical and digital settings.

The capstone. Move past "online vs. in-person" and design for the way people actually learn — across formal, informal, and non-formal settings, and across the relationships that make learning possible.

$249 Details