Course Description: EDUC 6406
Instructional Design
Description:
The purpose of this course is to introduce graduate students to the systematic design of instruction. Students are expected to be able to effectively plan, develop, evaluate, and manage the instructional design (ID) process by the end of the course. The course covers various elements of ID process, including needs assessment, instructional goals, learner characteristics, instructional/task analysis, instructional objectives, content sequencing, instructional strategies, instructional delivery, evaluation instruments, instructional resources (media selection), formative evaluation, project management and summative evaluation.
The philosophy of this course is that you can best attain competence in, and overall understanding of, the ID process by doing it. Thus, a mix of activities are planned that require a high level of active participation. A prototype design project and documentation report of the project are the major product outcomes for individuals in the course.
Objectives:
- Apply the systematic design of instructional materials, including how to plan, develop, evaluate, and manage the design process.
- Demonstrate a knowledge of, and differences between, the various elements in the instructional design process.
- Determine how, and when, each of the elements in the instructional design process should be completed.
- Design quality instruction.
