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Assignment 4: Design Plan Many Instructional designers must develop a blueprint for the instruction, called a Design Plan so they can communicate to a group of developers. In this assignment you’ll write a brief narrative (~1200 words) which describes your proposed instructional materials in detail (as if someone else were going to develop them). You’ll use paragraphs to describe your reasoning but also instructions for the learner. Think of it as a set of design specifications for your Instructional developer(s), not as a lesson plan. A learner will literally be able to pick up your print-based materials, and do what is requested, without instructor facilitation.
Graphics (screen shots, sketches or photos) and tables are helpful to guide both your developers, and the learners.
While you are completing the draft instructional materials for the unit, you will plan a formative evaluation with a subject matter expert (SME) and representatives of the target population.
Assignment 5 is the project plan and includes a schedule of activities. In Assignment 7 you will actually report the results of your formative evaluation plan (A5), so plan accordingly: Contact and schedule time with a subject matter expert SME and target several learners. The idea is you will test your instructional materials (A6) with these individuals.