Certified Instructional Design Practitioner

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