Recommended Reads for 2022
From the libraries of a Graphic Designer, Instructional Designer, and Administrator, comes a list of books worth reading in 2022.
Reading more and learning new things for personal and professional development are ranked among the top 10 most common resolutions set in the new year (GoSkills). If these goals sound familiar to you, consider adding one of these recommended books to your reading list for 2022.
For Those Seeking Kaizen
Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager
By Kory Kogon, Suzette Blakemore, and James Wood
This book talks about the importance of project management. Not only from the project perspective such as planning, scheduling and task assigning but from the human-personal level. No need to know complicated Project Management formulas, only that PEOPLE + PROCESS = SUCCESS. This is great for anyone that has had to deal with projects, managing groups of people or teaching a course. In some ways a class is something you manage and your students and IDs are part of your team of humans that you must consider as well.
Recommended By
Valentin R. Mancha
Assistant Director, Digital Communications
Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential
By Barbara Oakley
“Breakthrough obstacles to learning and discover your hidden potential,” is the perfect summary for this transformative book.
Recommended By
Melody Buckner
Associate Vice Provost, Digital Learning and Online Initiatives
For the Burgeoning (or Experienced) Creatives
Graphic Design School: The Principles of Graphic Design
By David Dabner, Sandra Stewart, and Eric Zempol
This is an introduction to the field of visual design. It starts from research practices to applied processes and execution and solutions to visual design situations for all the different types of design (analog, digital and print).
Recommended By
Valentin R. Mancha
Assistant Director, Digital Communications
UX on the Go: A Flexible Guide to User Experience Design
By Andrew Mara
This book provides instructions on how to conduct user research and rapidly design interfaces and products to be consumed in the classroom. This is a great book for those that have not been exposed fully to UX/UI before.
Recommended By
Valentin R. Mancha
Assistant Director, Digital Communications
For the Changemakers
Equity by Design: Delivering on the Power and Promise of UDL
By Mirko Chardin and Katie R. Novak
UDL and equity - a perfect marriage.
Recommended By
Melody Buckner
Associate Vice Provost, Digital Learning and Online Initiatives
Street Data: A Next Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation
By Shane Safir, Jamila Dugan, and Carrie Wilson
This book offers fresh ideas that are good for equity, pedagogy and school transformation.
Recommended By
Melody Buckner
Associate Vice Provost, Digital Learning and Online Initiatives
Grading Justice: Teacher-Activist Approaches to Assessment
Edited by Kristen C. Blinne
Grading Justice confirms the saying, “discomfort is a catalyst for growth.” Through persuasive advice and evocative case studies Grading Justice challenges the traditional modes of grading and student evaluation. A must read for anyone who wants to rethink assessment practices and build inclusive and equitable learning communities.
Recommended By
Lindsay Lutman
Instructional Designer
Peer Instruction: A User's Manual
By Eric Mazur
In the words of Los Angeles DJ Art Laboe, Peer Instruction, published in 1997, is an “oldie but goodie.” Written by a self proclaimed “converted lecturer,” the book offers a complete step-by-step guide for converting conventional lectures to a more interactive and student-centered format. If you haven’t had the chance to read it before, now is the time.
Recommended By
Lindsay Lutman
Instructional Designer
For the Futurists
The Great Upheaval: Higher Education’s Past, Present, and Uncertain Future
By Arthur Levine
Levine examines higher education’s past, present and future through the lens of today’s increasingly interconnected knowledge economy.
Recommended By
Melody Buckner
Associate Vice Provost, Digital Learning and Online Initiatives
The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux
By Cathy Davidson
In her book, Davidson introduces innovators that are remaking college by emphasizing student-centered learning that values creativity in the face of change ultimately showing how we can teach students to not only survive, but thrive amid the challenges to come.
Recommended By
Melody Buckner
Associate Vice Provost, Digital Learning and Online Initiatives
