Project Management for Instructional Development EDUC 768

Course Overview (copied from school website)

Examination of the initiation, planning, and closure of instructional development projects and practical knowledge on managing project scope, work breakdown structure, schedules, and resources including budgeting. Analysis of instructional development project life cycle.

Course Description: Examination of the initiation, planning, and closure of instructional development projects and practical knowledge on managing project scope, work breakdown structure, schedules, and resources including budgeting. Analysis of instructional development project life cycle.

This course replicates projects in the "real world," and you will complete all work in teams. Your peers will depend on you for timely feedback as you interact via email and the discussion board during team and small work groups to complete assigned tasks. Therefore, students need to login and participate with their group several times each week.

Learning Outcomes

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

1. Break down the project management process and relate it to the instructional development process.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of and application of components of the initiation phase by producing deliverables for the phase.
3. Assess the value of a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and create a WBS.
4. Develop detailed schedules for instructional development projects.
5. Select and organize resources necessary for successful project completion.
6. Plan and apply the steps in project closure.
7. Adapt project management and instructional design principles to scale single projects to multi-course production models.

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