IST 522 - Instructional Design

Investigate and apply instructional design models to enhance learning outcomes. Students engage in front-end analysis to identify and define an existing problem in an instructional or training environment, resulting in an instructional design document. Involves problem identification and definition, content organization and development, implementation strategy, and evaluation framework.

Learning Outcomes

• Create a formal design blueprint (plan) for training or instruction.

• Complete needs assessments, context, learner, and content analyses; design courses and lessons; and evaluate learning. 

• Define, exemplify, and apply key learning and instructional design concepts and procedures.

• Evaluate and critique diverse instructional products and cases.

• Apply relevant learning theories to an instructional problem.

• Demonstrate professional collaboration and communication skills with team members. 

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