Instructional Design

This course provided a foundation for understanding the instructional design process, learning theory, instructional theory and models, and how to apply these concepts to instructional goals. Many ID models, such as ADDIE, were analyzed and used to bring structure to the process of designing instruction to solve my selected instructional problem. Each member of our cohort worked independently on their chosen instructional problem. Through our discussion board, we could test ideas and receive feedback and questions from our peers that assisted in improving our products. My ability to write measurable objectives improved as I applied Bloom's Taxonomy to the tasks I identified through analysis. Kemp's instructional design model and Gagne's nine events of instruction were introduced and used to guide my choices to ensure logical, learner-focused steps. By the course's end, I had a complete Instruction Design Plan that can be found in the Artifacts section below. 

• Needs Assessment Report

This is a first attempt at conducting a needs assessment in an authentic situation.

• Task Analysis Report

This is a first attempt at breaking a task into subparts for planning instruction.

• Sequencing Objectives/Instructional Strategies Document

This is a first attempt at defining objectives in an authentic situation.

• Instructional Design Plan

This is a synthesis of all course work.