
This course will make you look at course development and teaching as a professional and scientific activity
At the end of this course, you will be able to design, develop and deliver your course in a classroom or off the class room to fit the expectations of your students.
You will be able to do this with an understanding of learning principles and sound instructional design.
This course will also enable you to evaluate several technology options you can use in your course design, development and delivery.
Course Goals:
1. You will be able to explain why Instructional Design is necessary for course, content and teaching delivery
2.You will be able to formulate the course content according ti scientific learning and instructional Design principles
3.You will be able to write clear learning objectives and outcomes for courses
4.You will be able to plan delivery activities and assessments aligned to learning outcomes
This video provides details on the experience of the tutor
This video gives details on the Teacher Training course
This lecture lays out the course goals and what you will be able to do at the end of the course
After viewing this lecture, you will be able to
1.Explain what is Instructional Design
2.Know the characteristics of Instructional Design as a Science or Art
3.Narrate the official Definition of Instructional Design
This lecture provides you an overview of Instructional Design as a career option and the pathways to it. It also lists the skills that an Instructional Designer would need to have to be successful in his/her career.
This lecture provides you a framework for placing the Instructional Design in perspective. It validates the relevance of Instructional Design to your profession as a Teacher. It addresses the concerns of stakeholders in the University or your work environment, the students, the University authorities,the examination board, the government as a regulator and the industry which employs your students.
This lecture will explain how Instructional Design helps you become a world class course designer. It will show that Instructional Design is a Universal competence applicable not only for academics but also for any kind of teaching or training.
This lecture shows how teaching is evolving into a new modern professions. New Competencies are required for today's teachers to teach the students effectively
This lecture draws a parallel between Instructional Design in Teaching to Design Thinking methodology and suggests that Design Thinking is an essential competence for teachers today
This session will describe the process of Instructional Design as applied to teaching. It explains each step of Instructional Design to show how it can be applied in designing and delivering a course.
This lesson highlights the resources and the need for teachers to use technology to enhance the teaching process
This lesson highlights the differences between online teaching and face to face teaching, pointing out the pros and cons of both
This lecture concludes the first course, Approach to Instructional Design for Academics and sums up the learning outcomes
Instructional design for academics aims to provide a fresh and innovative perspective on teaching in the new age. It seeks to lay a strong foundation for teachers in looking at teaching as a modern profession and the need for new global competencies for course design, delivery, and teaching. It takes into consideration the imperatives for students' needs analysis and use of technology in teaching and course content. The first part of Instructional Design to Academics, Approach to Instructional Design takes the learner through the framework for designing teaching and instructional design as a process to plan teaching, course and content. It also seeks to highlight the nature of modern teaching as a design profession and a contemporary global skill necessary for all teachers. This course gives guidance on incorporating scientific basis to course design, content development, and teaching methods. This course showcases several models of Instructional Design such as Bloom's taxonomy, ARCS model, and Gagne's nine events, to present ideas on course and pedagogy design. This course is directed at new candidates looking at teaching as a career and profession, new teachers who need a good grounding on the instructional design theories and models, experienced teachers who need to catch up on contemporary thought on teaching and course design.