The instructional design team with the Office of Distance and Extended Learning (ODEL) is proud to bring you IDeaBook!

IDeabook is a repository of ideas for creative instruction. TXST faculty and staff, as well as our instructional designers and course developers, use innovative technologies and teaching strategies to engage students and enhance learning. When they do, IDeaBook recognizes them and asks them to write about what they did and why they did it. You can use these ideas as a starting point for enhancing your own online course.

About our team

What ODEL Does

We collaborate to create engaging, meaningful learning experiences and empower our instructors to deliver those experiences in their full awesomeness.

What ODEL Values

Design thinking: we listen to our clients’ needs, we help them define their instructional goals, and we work with them to create, implement, and evaluate solutions.

Creativity: our staff leads with “how might that work,” rather than “we don’t/can’t.” We lean into opportunities where we can explore, create awesome things, and share our expertise with our colleagues and clients.

Curiosity: our staff never stops learning. We seek out new tools, approaches, and relationships that will help us grow personally and professionally.

Positive, lasting working relationships: we value the personal and professional relationships we forge with our clients and colleagues. We support, we collaborate, and we celebrate together.

For more information about our team, please visit our Texas State website.