Course Overview
Students engage in real world projects and integrate knowledge and skills from previous courses, including instructional design process, principles, multimedia for instruction, learning theories, and assessment and evaluation. Adding a real world design experience means dealing with and balancing numerous additional variables, including project management, effective communication with clients, time management, application of professional knowledge and skills, and producing professional level products. Students are equally responsible for technology use, design decisions, client requirements, and are also required to produce original work for all aspects of each project.
Course Objectives
Students engage in real world projects and integrate knowledge and skills from previous courses, including instructional design process, principles, multimedia for instruction, learning theories, and assessment and evaluation. Adding a real world design experience means dealing with and balancing numerous additional variables, including project management, effective communication with clients, time management, application of professional knowledge and skills, and producing professional level products. Students are equally responsible for technology use, design decisions, client requirements, and are also required to produce original work for all aspects of each project.
Course Objectives
- Use the instructional design process to plan and develop learning solutions that solve real-world problems. Students should be able to conduct front-end analysis; specify measurable learning objectives; and plan, develop, and implement learning solutions in keeping with evidence-based design principles and strategies.
- Define, exemplify, and apply key learning and instructional design concepts and procedures.
- Complete needs assessments, context, learner, and content analyses; design courses and lessons; and evaluate learning and transfer.
- Create a design blueprint (plan) for training or instruction.
- Manage an instructional design project from beginning to end.
- Demonstrate professional collaboration and communication skills with clients and subject-matter experts.
Deliverable: Complete Storyboard for the Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Institute
What we did: Working as part of a team, we redesigned the introductory lesson to acquisitions with the department of homeland security. The previous lesson heavily relied on text only learning and using complex acronyms. We redesigned the lesson to flow visually and to include a more effective assessment and knowledge check stopping points. We created a complex and in-depth storyboard with visuals intended for use. We did not develop the lesson in storyline as none of the team had access. However
My Role: Final Lesson Design | Content Revision and Editing | Managing project process, tracking progress, designing folder structure | Led several client meetings
Total Project Time: 8 Weeks
My Role: Final Lesson Design | Content Revision and Editing | Managing project process, tracking progress, designing folder structure | Led several client meetings
Total Project Time: 8 Weeks
