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What is the Learning Design Collaborative?

This group is a collective between the OSU Instructional Design Cohort, the OSU Medical Center ID Task Force, and Instructional Designers across Ohio State University and the Medical Center.

As a group, our aim is to support learning designers and educational technologists through connection, learning, and sharing. As a result, we are planning an annual symposium, the OSU Learning Design Day, as a place for learning designers to connect and grow.

Steering Committee through Partnership

As a cross-unit collaboration, the OSU Learning Design Day Steering Committee is comprised of partnering units across the university and medical center:

  • Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE) – 2027 Host Unit
    • Alicia Willis, Senior Instructional Design Specialist
    • Greg Nagy, Senior Applications Developer
    • Sean Hickey, Senior Research Consultant
    • Sarah DeShon, Family Engagement Learning Coordinator
  • College of Arts and Sciences
    • Anna Yocom, Learning Design Senior Specialist
    • Kerry Rubadue, Learning Design Manager
  • College of Medicine
    • Casey Rinehart, Senior Instructional Design Consultant
  • College of Social Work
    • Jason Johns, eLearning Designer
  • Wexner Medical Center
    • Ashley Thirtyacre, Learning and Development Sr. Analyst
    • Rachel Arpin, Learning and Development Manager

2027 Executive Planning Team

  • Alicia Willis – 2027 Symposium Chair (CETE)
  • Ashley Thirtyacre – Risk and Process Management Lead (Wexner Medical Center)
  • Greg Nagy – Site Logistics and Technology Co-Lead (CETE)
  • Jason Johns – Site Logistics and Technology Co-Lead (Social Work)
  • Sean Hickey – Site Logistics and Technology Co-Lead (CETE)
  • Sarah Deshon – Program Evaluation Lead (CETE)
  • Casey Rinehart – Call for Proposals Co-Lead (College of Medicine)
  • Anna Yocom – Call for Proposals Co-Lead (College of Arts & Sciences)
  • Rachel Arpin – Call for Proposals Co-Lead (Wexner Medical Center)

2027 Host Site

The first annual OSU Learning Design Day will be generously hosted by the Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE). Learn more about CETE. 

Join Us!

Interested in networking and collaborating? How about helping other learning designers connect and grow? Join the Learning Design Collaborative! Contact us to learn more: learningdesign@osu.edu   

Something missing? The Collaborative continues to grow. If we have inadvertently omitted a contributor or listed an outdated title, please contact us so we can update our records.