The Civic-Minded Instructional Designers (CMID) framework: Educating instructional designers with community-based service-learning approaches

Abstract

This paper reviews and critiques current approaches to educating instructional designers in higher-education institutions from a civic-minded professionalism perspective. It argues that current approaches are career-centric and technically oriented. The literature review synthesizes the concept of civic professionalism and discusses its application in Instructional Design and Technology (IDT). The paper proposes a conceptual framework that highlights the roles and qualities of civic-minded instructional designers and offers recommendations for instilling a civic dimension into IDT curricula.