Thursday, 17 October 2013

Some Tips About Instructional Design

Step 1 - Identifying learning out comes.

  • Learning outcomes help better understand what the learner should know by the end of the course.
  • We have to support these outcomes with appropriate  assessments and information.
  • Clear learning outcomes help to trim your course, making it more concise.
  • We all tend to mind dump everything. Stick to the learning outcomes.
  • All screens should support the learning outcomes.
  • Maximum of 5 learning outcomes.
Step 2 - Choose your assessments
  • Ensure that all tests support a learning outcome, either for the module or course.
  • Only assess learners on information you have covered - or intend to cover in remedial content (hidden resources) if they get it wrong.
  • You have two options for assessment, scored and self-assessment.
  • Consider the no-less than 100% that elearning offers.
Step 3 - What will help them pass the test
  • What content /media do you already have that will help them pass the test?
  • How might that content be leveraged?
  • If you think that content/media should be included but it does not support a learning outcome you've identified, should you add another learning outcome?
  • More is not always better. Consider using hidden resources if there's a lot of extra mateiral

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