The influence of “the design way” permeates all aspects of my teaching, from the manner in which the courses are constructed, the activities students engage in, and in how learning is evaluated. I approach my teaching as a designer, attempting to craft powerful, compelling, aesthetic, and rewarding learning experiences for my students. I expect and demand excellence of myself and try to foster a learning environment where I model principles of effective teaching, create an inclusive professional community of practice, create meaningful learning opportunities for students, and demonstrate a passion for knowledge and learning. There are four key themes to my teaching: (a) Connecting technology to ideas; (b) Facilitating collaborative engagement with authentic activities; (c) Modeling scholarship and passion; (d) Personal experiments with technologies for learning. 

I have taught at undergraduate, masters and doctoral levels in the areas of educational psychology, educational technology, creativity, design, and media. I have also taught courses and conducted workshops on creativity, innovation and design for the MBA program at the Indian School of Business (Hyderabad) as well as the Executive MBA program at the Broad School of Business, Michigan State University.

I have been lucky to receive many accolades for my teaching, including a Lilly Faculty Fellowship (2001), the MSU Teacher Scholar Award (2004), the College of Education’s Teaching Excellence Award (2006), the AT&T-MSU award for Instructional Technology (twice, once in 2008 for best online course & again in 2013 for best hybrid/blended course); and the William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award.

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Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Teaching for me is not just an engaging activity is it also a space for me to experiment and reflect. I have through my career tried to document this process in systematic ways aka I have tried to engage in the scholarship of teaching and learning. Over the years these have led to  to multiple publications, including essays (Mishra, 2005), journal articles (Ferdig, Mishra & Zhao, 2004; Mishra & Girod, 2006/2007; Girod, Bell, & Mishra, 2007) and book chapters (Mishra, Hershey & Cavanaugh, 2007; Wong, Mishra, Koehler, Siebanthal, 2007). A good example of the manner in which my teaching has been the site for scholarship can be seen in the learning by design seminars I taught and through that the development of the TPACK framework.

 

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Courses I have taught (over the years)

2020FallDCI691: Education by design
2020FallDCI691: Education by Design
2018FallDCI691: Problem solving with digital technology
2017FallDCI 580/780: Design in the real world
2016SummerCEP 815: MSU-Wipro STEM & Leadership Fellowship program at Chicago with /Missy Cosby, Akesha Horton, Candace Marcotte, Rohit Mehta & Kyle Shack
2015Spring
Summer CEP 815: MSUrbanSTEM Fellowship program at Chicago with /Missy Cosby, Akesha Horton, Candace Marcotte, Rohit Mehta & Kyle Shack
FallCEP 805 (hybrid): Teaching Math with Technology, special section forMSUrbanSTEM Fellowship program at Chicago with Akesha Horton, Candace Marcotte & Kyle Shack
2014SpringCEP 817 (online): Learning Technology through Design with Jon Good
SummerCEP 815: MSUrbanSTEM Fellowship program at Chicago with Akesha Horton, Candace Marcotte & Kyle Shack
FallCEP 818 (online): Creativity in teaching and learning with Rohit Mehta
CEP 805 (hybrid): Teaching Math with Technology, special section for MSUrbanSTEM Fellowship  program at Chicago with Akesha Horton, Candace Marcotte & Kyle Shack
2013SpringCEP 817 (online): Learning Technology through Design with Laura Terry & Catalina Park 
SummerCEP 800 | 801 | 822: Summer program at East Lansing (TBA) 
FallCEP 818 (online): Creativity in teaching and learning with Jon Good
2012SpringCEP 817 (online): Learning Technology through Design with Kristen Kereluik
SummerCEP 800 | 801 | 822: Summer program at East Lansing With Laura Terry & David Goodrich
FallCEP 818 (online): Creativity in teaching and learning with Kristen Kereluik & Laura Terry
CEP917 (hybrid): Knowledge Media Design with Danah Henriksen
2011SpringCEP 817 (online): Learning Technology through Design with Kristen Kereluik
SummerCEP 800 | 801 | 822: Summer program at East Lansing With Kristen Kereluik & Laura Terry 
FallCEP 818 (online): Creativity in teaching and learning with Kristen Kereluik & Catalina Park
2010SpringCEP 817 (online): Learning Technology through Design with Kristen Kereluik
SummerCEP 800 | 801 | 822: Summer program at East Lansing With Sara Beauchamp-Hicks
FallCEP 818 (online): Creativity in teaching and learning with Kristen Kereluik
2009SpringCEP 817: Learning Technology by Design
With Mike DeSchryver
SummerCEP 800 | 801 | 822: Summer program at East Lansing
With Mike DeSchryver, Penny Thompson & Greg Casperson
FallCEP 818 (online): Creativity in teaching and learning
with Mike DeSchryver
2008SpringCEP 817 (online): Learning Technology through Design
with Tianyi Zhang
SummerCEP 800 | 801 | 822: Summer program at East Lansing
With Mike DeSchryver & Penny Thompson
FallCEP 818 (online): Creativity in teaching and learning
with Mike DeSchryverCEP 917: Knowledge Media Design
2007SpringCEP 901B: Proseminar in Educational Technology
SummerCEP 800 | 801 | 822: Summer program at East Lansing
with Ken Dirkin & Kim Fitzer
FallCEP 817 (online): Learning Technology through Design
with Tianyi Zhang
CEP 917: Knowledge Media Design
2006SpringCEP 917: Knowledge Media Design
with Dean Grosshandler
CEP 901B: Proseminar in Educational Technology
FallCEP 817: Learning Technology through Design
with Tianyi Zhang
2005SpringCEP 956: Design of Media for Learning
CEP 817 (online): Learning Technology through Design
with Danah Henriksen
SummerCEP 800 | 801 | 822: Summer program at East Lansing
with Leigh Graves Wolf & Brandon Blinkenberg
FallCEP 817 (online): Learning Technology through Design
with Danah Henriksen
2004SpringCEP 917: Design of Media for Learning
CEP 817 (online): Learning Technology through Design
with Danah Henriksen
2003SpringCEP 901B: Proseminar in Educational Technology
with Matthew Koehler
CEP 817 (online): Learning Technology through Design
2002SpringCEP 956: Mind, Media & Learning
SummerCEP 800 | 801 | 822: Summer program at East Lansing
with Shane Cavanaugh & Kathryn Hershey
FallCEP817: Learning Technology Through Design (digital video)
2001SpringCEP 991A: The real and the virtual
CEP 882: Designing Online Courses
with Matthew Koehler and Aparna Ramchandran
SummerCEP 800 | 801 | 822: Summer program at East Lansing
with Jim Reineke & Aparna Ramchandran
FallCEP 813: Learning Technology through Design (digital video)
2000SpringCEP 882: Seminar on the Design of Technology for Teaching and Learning
with Yong Zhao
SummerCEP 807 | 813 | 882: Summer Program at Traverse City
with Jim Reineke
FallCEP 813: Learning Technology through Design
1999SpringCEP 813: The Design of Educational Technology
with Yong Zhao
CEP 991a: Old Brain – New Media: Evolutionary Psychology meets Educational Technology
with Yong Zhao
FallCEP 813 (new site & old web site): The Design of Educational Technology
with Sean Farmer