Biography
Dr. Aaron Bond has worked in the field of instructional technology, distance education, and professional development for more than 20 years. He has served as a corporate trainer, face-to-face classroom instructor, an online instructor, and as a secondary principal. Currently he serves as the Senior Director for Professional Development and Faculty Digital Fluency a department of Technology-enhanced Learning and Online Strategies (TLOS), a unit of the Division of IT at Virginia Tech where he actively engages faculty in a variety of professional learning communities to encourage innovative teaching and learning strategies.
He has an earned B.A. in History from Mary Baldwin College, a M.A. Interdisciplinary Studies from Fort Hayes State University, an Ed. S. Educational
Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Virginia, and a Ph. D. from Virginia Tech in Curriculum and Instruction.
In addition to a wide variety of publications and presentations, he has published a book with Dr. Barbara Lockee entitled: “Building Virtual
Communities of Practice for Distance Educators”
EDUCAUSE Publications
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Systems thinking and change strategies can be used to improve the overall functioning of a system. Because instructional designers typically use systems thinking to facilitate behavioral changes and improve institutional performance, they are uniquely positioned to be change agents at higher education institutions.
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The authors of the seminal article pointing out the distinctions between emergency remote teaching and online learning at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic reflect on the past year-plus and where we are now.
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Well-planned online learning experiences are meaningfully different from courses offered online in response to a crisis or disaster. Colleges and universities working to maintain instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic should understand those differences when evaluating this emergency remote teaching.