DR. DAVID WILEY

Isu Welcomes Distinguished Adjunct Instructional Design And Technology Professor

by Aubi Moon

In the Spring 2023 semester, the Idaho State University College of Education welcomed Dr. David Wiley, PhD, who will be an adjunct professor for the ISU Instructional Design and Technology (IDT) program. Wiley will teach one section of EDLT 6680: Special Topics in Instructional Design. The course will focus on entrepreneurship, and students will learn the Lean Startup methodology and engage with entrepreneurship as a scientific process. Wiley is also teaching the course for Brigham Young University, and the students from both graduate programs will take the course together.

Wiley brings a wealth of knowledge to ISU, including an extensive background in teaching instructional design, open education, instructional psychology and technology, and social entrepreneurship.

He is generally regarded as the founder of the Open Education Resources movement, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER grant, was appointed as the Nonresident Fellow in the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, and is a Shuttleworth Fellow. In 2019, Wiley was also named by Fast Company as one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business.

In addition, Wiley currently serves as the Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning, a company dedicated to increasing student success, reinvigorating pedagogy, and improving the affordability of education. He is also the President of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, an Education Fellow at Creative Commons, has been a tenured associate professor at two institutions, and is the Entrepreneur in Residence at Marshall University.

The IDT program helps individuals learn better and achieve success by creating and supporting accessible, dynamic learning environments that are personalized to how individuals retain information. We are excited to welcome Dr. Wiley to this new position.