Item #1:

What is Instructional Design?

A Foundational Description

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A very high-level description of Instructional Design is; using established methods and techniques to design, develop, and deliver education-based solutions to meet the needs of a specific audience.

Here is a short video to provide more details.

Courtesy of our friends at TrainingPros

In the video, instructional design consultant, Maria Jones covers the high-level definition of instructional design and some of the public’s misconceptions about the process and its origins.

Item #1 Takeaway

Throughout the program, we’ll provide a ‘Takeaway’ for each learning item. These takeaways emphasize aspects of the topic that may be helpful to your research, a concept project, or in an interview setting.

Item #1’s takeaway is, as Ms. Jones mentions, not just the end result of a learning or training program but the system used to analyze, design, and evaluate students within the program; a holistic approach with the students and program goals in mind.

You have completed Item #1. Congratulations!