Our purpose

The purpose of Learning Design and Technology Services is to offer production and consultation services for Simmons University instructors. We know that you may have big ideas for your courses – like creating a podcast, redesigning your slideshows, producing maps or multimedia projects, making sure that your course is accessible to all students, or cleaning up your Moodle site – but you may not know where to begin. We are here to help!

Our services include course organization and accessibility audits, multimedia production, and custom-designed learning experiences. Depending on your needs, we’ll work with you from idea conception through to execution and testing. The resources and services outlined on this site are available to all instructors (full-time faculty or adjuncts) and are applicable to all teaching modalities (fully online, hybrid, or face-to-face courses).

We’re also creating a library of resources related to educational technologies that you can reference without getting in touch (though we do hope you reach out).

Our team

Academic Technology Systems is a team of instructional designers and learning technology specialists supporting the Simmons learning community. Our skills and interests include:

• Web development and design (from Moodle user interfaces to small web applications)

• Multimedia production (videos, animations, and podcasts; open-source learning materials; slides and presentation materials)

• Game design (digital and analog)

• Simulation exercises

• Branching scenarios

• Graphic design (course banners and logos; infographics)

• Learning experience research

• Project-based learning

• Curriculum mapping