Designing Learning
What is it about?
This course teaches how to design and develop action-driven learning that enables learners to understand and apply what they are learning. It also teaches basic skills for designing and developing instruction and how to consult as an instructional designer.
Who should take it?
This course is designed for anyone learning about or enhancing their instructional design and development skills. This could include new or novice instructional designers, training managers, trainers, college or university instructors, consultants/subject matter experts tasked with developing a course in their area of expertise, or recent high school or college graduates considering opening their own business.
What topics will be covered?
- Introduction to Instructional Design
- Developing learner persona
- Action mapping
- Writing learning objectives
- Engaging with the client and subject matter expert
- Motivating learners and determining evaluation techniques
- Designing activities
- Selecting and sequencing content
- Designing templates
- Developing slides, activities, trainer scripting, supporting materials, and a time planner
- Engaging with stakeholders to revise
- Supporting the transfer of learning
- Implementing program rollout and continuity planning
- Converting classroom-based training to the virtual environment
What are the prerequisites for this learning path?
How long does it take to complete the course?
About 11-12 weeks. The expected time commitment per week is 2-5 hours.
How can I sign up for the course?
Please stay tuned for announcements of upcoming sessions in the GLC calendar of events. You may also subscribe to the quarterly GLC newsletter to be informed about all training sessions organized by the GLC training community.
Donor Support
This course was developed by the IFC Grow Learn Connect program in collaboration with the Governments of Luxembourg and Norway.