This discussion is dedicated to the support of an online course entitled Instructional Design & Multimedia, developed by Prof. M. Diack (Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA).  This field trip complement the self-paced course, MERLOT 101.  The participants will earn a MERLOT Badge attesting that they have a clear understanding of the MERLOT Repository and how to harness resources for online course development. This field trip will provide opportunities with interacting with Digital Educational  Experts from MERLOT.