An Introduction to Instructional Design for eLearning



Instructional design when applied effectively, will enable you to create high-impact, e-learning focussing specifically on your learner and their experience, which some might say is the "holy grail" of e-learning.
This workshop explains methodologies behind effective Instructional Design, demonstrates how to use specific and appropriate development tools and provides strategies and techniques to support the iterative process of Instructional Design.
This workshop will enable developers and practitioners to effectively design, plan, implement and deliver better quality e-learning materials with high-impact results.

Topics:

  • What do we mean by instructional design?
  • What methodologies can support instructional design?
  • How to design effective learner-centric e-learning materials
  • Strategies to develop and implement effective e-learning processes
  • Strategies to meet learner needs
  • Evaluating appropriateness of development tools
  • Sharing experiences with peers

By the end of the workshop participants will have:

  • Contributed to a pre-workshop webinar to share ideas and share experiences
  • Defined what Instructional Design means
  • Considered how Instructional Design fits with e-Learning today
  • Analysed a range of Instructional Design models, methodologies and tools
  • Revisited the learning design process
  • Reviewed example materials to re-align them according to instructional design strategies
  • Produced course mapping structures, storyboards and asset documents to plan instructional design
  • Used a range of current instructional design software currently available and discussed their appropriateness

Who is it for?

This workshop is aimed at anyone with an interest in the design, development and delivery of online learning materials, particularly teachers, lecturers and trainers wishing to investigate the production of online learning, or review the effectiveness of their existing online learning materials. This workshop will also benefit current instructional designers who have no formal training.

Attendees should have teaching or training experience and some knowledge of training needs analysis. It is useful for attendees to have a working knowledge of HTML, using the internet and Microsoft Office products.

Scheduled workshops

Scheduled public workshops: