IST 626 - Advanced Instructional Design

Students work on authentic instructional design projects individually or in small groups. Students engage in real-world projects, integrating knowledge and skills from previous courses, including the instructional design process, principles, multimedia for instruction, learning theories, and assessment and evaluation. Adding real-world design experience means dealing with and balancing numerous additional variables, including project management, effective communication with clients, time management, applying professional knowledge and skills, and producing professional-level products. Students are equally responsible for technology use, design decisions, and client requirements, and are also required to create original work for all aspects of each project.

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Course Outcomes

As the course progresses, you will be able to:

• 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.

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