Instructional Design

EDUC 763, Spring 2012

UW-Stout, online

Professor Susan Manning, instructor

Course Description

Learn how to create online courses that work efficiently. By understanding how people learn and how to design the experience conceptually and aesthetically, you can shape an effective and engaging learning experience. The course also addresses blended learning environments, synchronous and asynchronous concerns, the use of a variety of media such as video and audio along with accessibility concerns, and effective evaluation of online course design.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Analyze and evaluate exemplary models of course design (blended and fully online) using case studies and actual courses.
  2. Demonstrate skills as the architect of e-learning experiences and establish strategies for building a design team.
  3. Understand how online students differ in their approaches to learning and the barriers that impede learning and adapt instruction to meet the diverse needs of students, including those with disabilities and exceptionalities.
  4. Apply instructional design theory and research, universal design, usability concepts, and analyze learning styles in the development of e-learning activities.
  5. Integrate multimedia, learning objects, social networking concepts, and synchronous technologies in the design of course content and activities.
  6. Design an e-learning unit/module based on quality online course design principles using a learning management system.

Alignment with Teaching Standards

Course objectives are aligned with the following:

Wisconsin Standards for Teacher Development and Licensure(WI DPI) 1, 3, 4, 9
International Society for Technology in Education, National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers, NETS-T II and III

(EDUC 763)

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