Instructional Design
Course Description
This course focuses on systematic approaches to instructional design. Learners create an instructional plan that outlines each of the five components of a systematic instructional design model (i.e., ADDIE: analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation). The course identifies trends and issues in instructional design for adult learners.
Topics and Objectives
Instructional Design Models and Analysis
- Analyze systematic approaches to instructional design
- Examine the components of a needs assessment
- Identify performance gaps based on a needs assessment
Design
- Construct goals for an instructional plan
- Create performance-based objectives that align with instructional goals
- Describe a summative assessment to support learner outcomes
- Analyze the impact of learner characteristics and learning context on instructional design
Development
- Determine delivery modality
- Select instructional strategies
Implementation
- Create an implementation schedule for the instructional plan
- Evaluate resources for instructional delivery
- Analyze the purposes of formative evaluations
Evaluation
- Examine strategies for evaluating a systematic approach to instructional design
- Identify criteria for determining that design goals, performance-based objectives, and learning outcomes were achieved
- Analyze possible recommendations for future use
Trends and Issues in Instructional Design
- Describe issues and trends in various instructional settings
- Analyze issues and trends in the use of various instructional modalities
- Predict how current issues and trends will impact the future of instructional design