Knowing their skills and attitudes toward the technology can help the instructional designer to become more proactive in finding or developing better ways of supporting faculty teaching and student learning. Develop collaborative relationships with faculty. In my experience, I have learned to cultivate collaborative relationships with my faculty clients by suggesting projects or ideas that go beyond the initial course design request or technical troubleshooting job. I believe that to effectively change faculty members' understanding of the power of emerging technologies and how they can be effectively integrated into teaching, instructional designers need to step up and become partners or collaborators in the course design and development process. Mentor and coach faculty on using the technology-based tools.
Faculty appreciates knowing what is available and can be done for their courses.
As a designer I learned to do more than just show things to the faculty. If I want my faculty clients to try using the technology, I show them how the technology works and how it can support teaching and learning especially in an on-line environment. As I continue working with faculty members and their concerns about the technology in their classroom, I realized that the big issues are really integrating the technology effectively into the curriculum. Learn how to listen to faculty issues. Many times in my work with faculty clients, I feel I just need to listen to what they have said whether it involves the current project or something else.