Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course you will:
Why do you need to apply instructional design methodologies in your curriculum design?
Who is it for?
This market leading certificate course was developed for all:
…and any other learning professional who is keen to strengthen their instructional design skills and knowledge.
Why do you need to apply instructional design methodologies in your curriculum design?
Who is it for?
This market leading certificate course was developed for all:
…and any other learning professional who is keen to strengthen their instructional design skills and knowledge.
How long does it take?
Weeks
The “Instructional System Design Certificate” course has a course duration of 6 weeks. Lessons include online learning hours, live-online webinar hours, self-study, assignments and assessments.
Weeks
The “Instructional System Design Certificate” course has a course duration of 6 weeks. Lessons include online learning hours, live-online webinar hours, self-study, assignments and assessments.
How will we teach you?
Participants can access the course material from their: mobile phone, tablet and laptop.
This course is fully taught online. Over a course of 6 weeks you will receive access to 9 chapters. Every week one to three new chapters are being released, depending on the complexity and amount of study materials. During each week you can study the material at your own pace and time.
This course includes a live webinar in which course participants can deepen their new knowledge and skills. Throughout the course, our facilitators engage with all participants by answering questions and provide support during assignments and course discussions.
How will we teach you?
This course is entirely taught online. Over 4 weeks, you will receive access to 9 chapters. Every week two to three new chapters are being released for all course participants.
You can study the material at your own pace and time during each week. Chapters 7 is a live webinar in which course participants experience exercises that can be used in online training with the help of our Mindsed facilitator.
Our facilitators will engage with all participants throughout the course by answering questions and providing support during assignments and course discussions.
What is included?
This course includes:

Videos
Exclusive videos explaining concepts, methods, practical tips and tools.

Worksheets
Comprehensive worksheets to practice learned materials.

Assignments
Assignments guiding you through the design of your first online training.

Discussions
Discussion forums encouraging communication with the instructor and other course participants.

Knowledge Checks
Quick quizzes which let you test your knowledge and understanding.

Recaps
Chapter summaries to review what you have learned.
What is included?
This course includes:

Videos
Exclusive videos explaining concepts, methods, practical tips and tools.

Worksheets
Comprehensive worksheets to practice learned materials.

Assignments
Assignments guiding you through the design of your first online training.

Discussions
Discussion forums encouraging communication with the instructor and other course participants.

Knowledge Checks
Quick quizzes which let you test your knowledge and understanding.

Recaps
Chapter summaries to review what you have learned.
In addition, you will receive
- Course on-boarding support
- Weekly email reminders
- Official completion certificate: Printable diploma sharable on your social media accounts such as LinkedIn

Course Bonus:
- Handbook
- Workbook
- 2 hour course webinar with your instructor
- 1 year access to your course materials
- 1 year access to all course updates


Course Bonus:
- Handbook
- Workbook
- 2 hour course webinar with your instructor
- 1 year access to your course materials
- 1 year access to all course updates
Course Chapters
WELCOME CHAPTER
- First impressions are important
- Who is this course meant for?
- Your materials
- Let’s get ready!
- What are you in for?
- Equipment needs
- Smooth takeoff
- We’d like to know you better
- Ask away
CHAPTER 1: The World of Learning Design
- The world of learning
- Reasons for learning
- How do kids learn?
- How do adults learn?
- Key rules & differentiators
- Psychological processes of learning
- Cognitive processing
- Working memory
- Long-term memory
- Cognitive load
- A short test
- Transfer of learning
- Pedagogy and it’s importance
- Pedagogy and instruction
- Stage 1: Getting started
- Stage 2: New knowledge and skills
- Stage 3: Practice makes perfect
- Stage 4: Assessing learning transfer
- Stage 5: Practice knowledge and skill retrieval
- Recap
- Knowledge check
- Ask away
CHAPTER 2: A Look at Learning Theories
- Learning theories in a nutshell
- Constructivism
- Behaviorism
- Cognitivism
- Mayer’s cognitive theroy
- Malone’s theory
- Kolb’s theory
- Other design models
- Recap
- Knowledge check
- Ask away
CHAPTER 3: Today’s Learning Terms
- Words you need to know
- Asynchronous and synchronous training
- 70:20:10
- Anyone, anywhere, anytime learning
- Flipped classroom concept
- Learning in the moment of need
- ISD vs LxD
- Recap
- Knowledge check
- Ask away
CHAPTER 4: Instructional Design
- An overview
- Defining instructional design
- The need for instructional design
- Common design models (ADDIE, SAM, ASSURE, etc.)
- Your status quo
- Choosing a systematic instructional system design process
- ADDIE in detail
- Understanding phases
- ADDIE check-in
- Recap
- Knowledge check
- Ask away
CHAPTER 5: Analysis
- Understanding needs and personas
- Defining the analysis phase
- What are training requests
- Key drivers for training requests
- Requests vs. reality
- How to respond to training requests right
- Training needs analysis
- Importance of a TNA
- A TNA workflow
- Preparing a TNA
- Drafting your TNA
- Techniques of collecting data
- Preparing and conducting individual and group interviews
- Collecting data via surveys
- Data gathering during a pandemic
- Performing work observations
- Selecting the best option
- Developing purposeful questions
- Drafting your own questions
- Gathering cohort feedback
- Planning for the data gathering interaction
- Plan the action
- Asking questions right
- Analysing performances
- Performance metrics & competency frameworks
- Your environment
- Task analysis vs. competency analysis
- Performing a TNA
- Practice by doing
- Drawing conclusions
- Report components
- Report planning
- Leveraging templates
- Recap
- Knowledge check
- Ask away
CHAPTER 6: Design
- Learner-centric design done right
- Defining the design phase
- The Design journey
- Learning objectives and their components
- Setting expectations
- Course objectives
- Module objectives
- Lesson objectives
- Identifying LO elements
- Blooms taxonomy of learning
- Bloom’s verbs
- Which outcome is desired
- Stating strong learning objectives following Blooms
- Perfomance-based objectives
- Dos and don’t’s of defining performance-based objectives
- Evaluating what is correct
- Meeting Gagné’s Nine Events of Instruction
- Learning environments
- Learning delivery methods
- Class sizes depended on environments and methods
- Selecting the most suitable delivery method
- Selecting what works for you
- Being aware of alternatives
- Determining required instructional media
- Media examples and their purpose
- Checking what is needed
- Activities, exercises and the human brain
- Understanding key characteristics of successful exercises
- Creating and connecting learning to memories
- Action mapping 101
- Mapping own exercises and activities
- Recap
- Knowledge check
- Ask away
CHAPTER 7: Development
- Brining it all together
- Defining the development phase
- What all can be developed
- Getting started: Creating a style guide
- Your style guide
- Version controls
- Material development challenges
- Learner-centric material development
- Developing presentation slides
- Slide development guidelines
- Slide development practice
- Sharing is caring
- Participant guide
- Job aids
- Essential facilitator materials you need
- Facilitator guide
- Session flow
- Answer guides
- Additional classroom materials
- Designing a course outline
- 3, 2, 1 … go!
- The final package
- Course pilots
- Recording a previous class for training
- Planning and running a course pilot
- Quality review
- Recap
- Knowledge check
- Ask away
CHAPTER 8: Implementation
- Launching day
- Defining the implementation phase
- Steps to follow
- Requesting for program support
- Training admin launch activities
- A tick box exercise
- Facilitator launch activities
- Getting ready!
- SOS guide
- Recap
- Knowledge check
- Ask away
CHAPTER 9: Evaluation
- Evaluating learning transfer
- Evaluation methods and their differences
- Kirkpatrick
- ROI/ Level 5
- KPIs that matter
- Defining what to measure and evaluate
- Defining own KPIs
- Collecting input
- Helpful templates
- Creating a final report
- Next steps
- Recap
- Knowledge check
- Ask away
WRAP UP
- Let’s call it a wrap!
- Are we ready yet?
- Thank you!
- Feedback keeps us going!
WELCOME CHAPTER
- First impressions are important
- Who is this course meant for?
- Your materials
- Let’s get ready!
- What are you in for?
- Equipment needs
- Smooth takeoff
- We’d like to know you better
- Ask away
CHAPTER 1: The World of Learning Design
- The world of learning
- Reasons for learning
- How do kids learn?
- How do adults learn?
- Key rules & differentiators
- Psychological processes of learning
- Cognitive processing
- Working memory
- Long-term memory
- Cognitive load
- A short test
- Transfer of learning
- Pedagogy and it’s importance
- Pedagogy and instruction
- Stage 1: Getting started
- Stage 2: New knowledge and skills
- Stage 3: Practice makes perfect
- Stage 4: Assessing learning transfer
- Stage 5: Practice knowledge and skill retrieval
- Recap
- Knowledge check
- Ask away
CHAPTER 2: A Look at Learning Theories
- Learning theories in a nutshell
- Constructivism
- Behaviorism
- Cognitivism
- Mayer’s cognitive theroy
- Malone’s theory
- Kolb’s theory
- Other design models
- Recap
- Knowledge check
- Ask away
CHAPTER 3: Today’s Learning Terms
- Words you need to know
- Asynchronous and synchronous training
- 70:20:10
- Anyone, anywhere, anytime learning
- Flipped classroom concept
- Learning in the moment of need
- ISD vs LxD
- Recap
- Knowledge check
- Ask away
CHAPTER 4: Instructional Design
- An overview
- Defining instructional design
- The need for instructional design
- Common design models (ADDIE, SAM, ASSURE, etc.)
- Your status quo
- Choosing a systematic instructional system design process
- ADDIE in detail
- Understanding phases
- ADDIE check-in
- Recap
- Knowledge check
- Ask away
CHAPTER 5: Analysis
- Understanding needs and personas
- Defining the analysis phase
- What are training requests
- Key drivers for training requests
- Requests vs. reality
- How to respond to training requests right
- Training needs analysis
- Importance of a TNA
- A TNA workflow
- Preparing a TNA
- Drafting your TNA
- Techniques of collecting data
- Preparing and conducting individual and group interviews
- Collecting data via surveys
- Data gathering during a pandemic
- Performing work observations
- Selecting the best option
- Developing purposeful questions
- Drafting your own questions
- Gathering cohort feedback
- Planning for the data gathering interaction
- Plan the action
- Asking questions right
- Analysing performances
- Performance metrics & competency frameworks
- Your environment
- Task analysis vs. competency analysis
- Performing a TNA
- Practice by doing
- Drawing conclusions
- Report components
- Report planning
- Leveraging templates
- Recap
- Knowledge check
- Ask away
CHAPTER 6: Design
- Learner-centric design done right
- Defining the design phase
- The Design journey
- Learning objectives and their components
- Setting expectations
- Course objectives
- Module objectives
- Lesson objectives
- Identifying LO elements
- Blooms taxonomy of learning
- Bloom’s verbs
- Which outcome is desired
- Stating strong learning objectives following Blooms
- Perfomance-based objectives
- Dos and don’t’s of defining performance-based objectives
- Evaluating what is correct
- Meeting Gagné’s Nine Events of Instruction
- Learning environments
- Learning delivery methods
- Class sizes depended on environments and methods
- Selecting the most suitable delivery method
- Selecting what works for you
- Being aware of alternatives
- Determining required instructional media
- Media examples and their purpose
- Checking what is needed
- Activities, exercises and the human brain
- Understanding key characteristics of successful exercises
- Creating and connecting learning to memories
- Action mapping 101
- Mapping own exercises and activities
- Recap
- Knowledge check
- Ask away
CHAPTER 7: Development
- Brining it all together
- Defining the development phase
- What all can be developed
- Getting started: Creating a style guide
- Your style guide
- Version controls
- Material development challenges
- Learner-centric material development
- Developing presentation slides
- Slide development guidelines
- Slide development practice
- Sharing is caring
- Participant guide
- Job aids
- Essential facilitator materials you need
- Facilitator guide
- Session flow
- Answer guides
- Additional classroom materials
- Designing a course outline
- 3, 2, 1 … go!
- The final package
- Course pilots
- Recording a previous class for training
- Planning and running a course pilot
- Quality review
- Recap
- Knowledge check
- Ask away
CHAPTER 8: Implementation
- Launching day
- Defining the implementation phase
- Steps to follow
- Requesting for program support
- Training admin launch activities
- A tick box exercise
- Facilitator launch activities
- Getting ready!
- SOS guide
- Recap
- Knowledge check
- Ask away
CHAPTER 9: Evaluation
- Evaluating learning transfer
- Evaluation methods and their differences
- Kirkpatrick
- ROI/ Level 5
- KPIs that matter
- Defining what to measure and evaluate
- Defining own KPIs
- Collecting input
- Helpful templates
- Creating a final report
- Next steps
- Recap
- Knowledge check
- Ask away
WRAP UP
- Let’s call it a wrap!
- Are we ready yet?
- Thank you!
- Feedback keeps us going!
* Note: Course outline might change depending on course updates.
Level
Beginner – Intermediate
Language
English
Video Subtitles
English, German, Spanish
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