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The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a remarkable enthusiasm for online learning, and the industry is booming. When aspiring learners sign up, however, their experiences are mixed. Some online courses are genuinely enriching for their participants, while others are confusing and unfocused. So, what sets them apart — what makes an online course great?
Sign up to learn how you can apply instructional design best practices specifically for online course creation. During this 3-week bootcamp, you will engage fellow learners and influential facilitators to learn principles and best practices that you can apply throughout the ADDIE process.
This cohort-based course is run by Eduflow Academy but will be taught jointly by various experts within the instructional design community.
You’ll also get access to Eduflow Academy’s exclusive Slack community when you join the course.
Not convinced yet? Read these testimonials from our past participants.
Introduction
In this module, you will introduce yourself and get to know the other participants. You will also set some personal goals and reflect on what motivates you. Before continuing to the next module, you will learn about the ADDIE process which serves as the backbone for this course.
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Analysis
During this module, you will learn about various considerations for the analysis phase. You will also conceive learner personas and discover why they are a valuable tool for empathizing with your expected audience. Finally, you will learn about the value of working with subject matter experts.
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Design
Using what you have learned from the analysis phase, you will create a course outline during this module. The concept of backward design will help you align learning outcomes, course material, and assessments.
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Development
After learning about fundamental principles such as chunking and writing best practices, you will develop a didactic learning component and an assessment based on a learning objective.
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Conclusion
After engaging with your peers for nearly three weeks, you will reflect on what you have learned together. This final module also gives you an opportunity to review the goals that you set during the first module. You will then create an optional ongoing learning development plan that will help you along your journey to becoming an expert course creator.
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Implementation
This module will detail the considerations for implementing your online course. You will populate an action plan that allocates tasks before and during the presentation of your online course.
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Evaluation
How do you measure the success of your online course? This module discusses various criteria that you can use to evaluate how well your course met its objectives.
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Great course from which I learnt a lot including the flexibility of ADDIE to be applied in different ways, some great information about cognitive load theory. Loved the cohort-based learning approach and seeing how committed and motivated the cohort is. I'll definitely be applying many of the things I learnt in this course!
I found that there was a lot of useful information in the course, and that the structure of the course itself is inspirational as a model for my own future course development. The structures that leverage peer interaction are great. In addition to a huge page of useful notes, I now also have some helpful guiding documents to use when I develop courses in the future.
The instructional design course from Eduflow was really thoughtfully designed. From the use of various instructional elements to the SME conversations, every touchpoint was meaningful.
I work full time. What is the expected time commitment?
While this course is largely self-paced, you can expect around one live, optional workshop per week. In total, we recommend that you commit around 4-6 hours per week to this course. This course is intended for full-time instructional designers as an opportunity to design a course for their current role.
Do I have to attend all the sessions in real-time?
Every workshop is recorded and available for you to replay, at your convenience. With that said, we recommend that you attend if possible so that you can ask questions directly, engage with the community of participants in your cohort, and benefit from breakout sessions and group discussions.
How long will I have access to the course?
After you enroll in the course, you'll have access to the course materials indefinitely. You can continue to return to Eduflow Academy to refer back to the course materials anytime.
What are the main theories or frameworks for this course?
We focus on the ADDIE framework in this course, as well as pull in various theories and taxonomies to guide the course design process.
If I apply, what are my chances of being accepted?
We have a free option which allows you to write a motivation for taking this course, and we reserve at least half of the seats for applicants who write a motivation. There is also an option to guarantee a seat in the next cohort by paying a small fee if you want to ensure your spot.
