
TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast Episode 198: “An Instructional Design Institute in a Book!”
Nov 17, 2025
34:47
Dr. Safary Wa-Mbaleka and Dr. Baiyun Chen join hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the future of the field of higher education instructional design and their comprehensive(!) new book on the subject.
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Coffee Links
- Storyville Coffee Company
- [From the Internet Archive] Bluebottle Coffee’s Instructions for “Inverted” Aeropress Brewing
Content Links
- Dr. Safary Wa-Mbaleka’s Online Profile
- Dr. Baiyun Chen’s Online Profile
- [Book] The SAGE Handbook of Higher Education Instructional Design
- Previous TOPcast Episodes
- #150 – “A Global, Holistic, 360 Degree Perspective on Online Higher Education” (with guest Dr. Safary Wa-Mbaleka)
- #145 – “‘More of the Human Element:’ Dolly, Picard, Ray, Dede, and More”
