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FPG’s Instructional Design Team supports the projects, programs, and research of FPG investigators and partners. With advanced infrastructure, emerging tools such as AI, an on-premises learning record store, and skilled staff, the team delivers forward-looking solutions that advance FPG’s work and mission.

Instructional Design: Strategy

  • Identification of learning objectives and associated measures of effectiveness
  • Design and development of appropriate lesson plans
  • Identification and construction of related instructional tools (modules, role plays, videos, job aids, performance support)
  • Learner experience planning, including process development to accommodate group dynamics

Instructional Design: Onsite Lessons

  • Instructor materials: coaching or classroom
  • Design and development of interactive learner activities, such as workshops, role plays
  • Design and development of static learner materials, such as worksheets, guides, programs

Instructional Design: Blended Learning

Both elearning and onsite lessons, with additional development of instructor and learner materials allowing customized/tailored instruction according to the strengths and weaknesses assessed through online modules

AI Services

FPG AI Services is a collaboration drawing on the expertise of the Instructional Design team and IT Services to provide web-based AI applications. We expect to leverage FPG's infrastructure in combination with campus’s offerings like the AI Acceleration Program to create cutting edge tools that will make grant applications more competitive. Potential functions include AI-powered personalized support tools that are grounded in curated knowledge bases, virtual conversations (such as coaching supports), and rapid prototyping for co-design and iterative development. This is a developing service, and through the combined efforts of multiple people at FPG and UNC ITS, we hope to navigate an ever-changing landscape of technology/service changes, security challenges, and privacy matters.

Instructional Design Leadership and Staff

Wendy M. Morgan

Wendy M. Morgan. PhD 

Lead, Strategic Innovation & Learning Design

Senior Implementation Specialist

wendy.morgan@unc.edu

Instructional Design Staff

Shari Cruz

Laura Ferguson

Nyssa Rayne