Introduction to Instructional Design for e-Learning

Course

In Brighton

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    Brighton

  • Duration

    2 Days

This course is designed to answer the question of how elearning courseware can best be structured to facilitate effective, performance-enhancing e-learning. Using a blend of theory and practice, this course takes you through the instructional design process by working on a real project which you bring to the classroom. Suitable for: Those responsible for designing and producing e-learning programmes, or who need to know how to assess online learning materials. Trainers, instructional designers new to e-learning, HR, IT and technical writers.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Brighton (East Sussex)
Kingslake House, 1-5 Union Street, BN1 1HA

Start date

On request

About this course

No detailed knowledge of psychology or instructional design principles is necessary to benefit from this course: all important concepts and terminology will be explained.

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Course programme

Introduction to Instructional Design for e-Learning 1 or 2 Day Training Course
Learning Objectives
You will gain a blueprint for designing well-structured and compelling online learning experiences. You will understand how to choose suitable courses for conversion into e-learning, when and how to use different media and how to combine e-learning with more traditional instructional methods. You will work on a project throughout the course and receive a set of practical tools and checklists to take away.
Course Content
Introduction and Theory
Introduction to principles for effective e‑Learning
  • Define the learning need
  • Identify your audience and influencing factors
  • Structure your e-learning content and define your learning objectives
  • Be aware of the capacity and limitations of your authoring tool
  • Design screen interactivity for learning and engaging learners
Definition of e-learning
  • Similarities and differences between classroom based training and e-learning
  • What is it/could it be?
  • What's it good for?
  • What's it not good for?
Introduction to instructional design
  • What is it?
  • Why do we need it?
  • Training skills that transfer into instructional design
Types of learning
  • Types of learning (look at behaviourism, cognitivism, constructivism and others)
  • Practical learning theories (Honey and Mumford, Bloom)
  • Transferring learning theories into e-learning
Defining the specific learning requirements of your course
  • Identify all the parameters of the project - audience, stakeholders, deadlines etc
  • Define your e-learning content as learning objectives
  • Structure the content using a course map
  • Defining the blend - most relevant learning for learning objectives
Effective Content - Writing for Screen
  • Scriptwriting - what it is and what it's for
  • Hints and tips for writing onscreen learning
  • Writing questions for interactivity and assessment
Introduction to templates
  • What is a template
  • How can it help the ID process

Introduction to Instructional Design for e-Learning

Price on request