Course Outline
- Introduction to instructional design
- The 8 components of an intentional learning space
- The teacher-learner continuum
- Attributes of learner-centered learning space
- Action learning theory
- Definition of instructional design
- Principles of instructional design
- An overview of ADDIE – a step-by-step guide to instructional design
- Analyze
- Design
- Develop
- Implement
- Evaluate
- Analysis of learning interventions (Phase 1)
- Objectives of the analysis phase
- Challenges instructional designers face during analysis
- Validating performance gaps
- Determining instructional goals
- Analyzing learners
- Identifying available resources and potential delivery systems
- Nine-step cost estimation process
- Composing a project management plan
- Designing the learning roadmap (Phase 2)
- Objectives of the design phase
- Drawing the learning “line of sight”
- Building learning/performance task inventory – the essential tasks required to accomplish the instructional goals
- Composing performance objectives
- Developing a set of testing items
- Generating testing strategies
- Setting criteria for calculating return on investment
- Developing learning content (Phase 3)
- Objectives of the development phase
- Generating learning content
- Understanding Instructional Strategies
- Effectively developing beginning, middle, and ending activities
- Developing learning media for all types of learners
- Developing learner study material
- Developing instructor study material
- Setting learning solutions for successful implementation (Phase 4)
- Objectives of the implementation phase
- Identifying potential instructors
- Preparing the instructor for facilitating the learning
- Train-the-trainer as an implementation strategy
- Prepare the learner
- Identifying suitable candidates
- Effective scheduling of learning
- Pre-learning communication with learners
- Tracking learners participation tools
- Designing evaluation metrics and tools for learning programs (Phase 5)
- Objectives of the evaluation phase
- Determining evaluation criteria
- Kirkpatrick four levels of evaluating learning
- 15 evaluation tools and how to choose the best
- Developing an evaluation plan
- Conducting effective evaluation
- Analyzing learning data for continuous improvement
