Course description

With this online course from the International Society for Educational Technology, you will learn the latest developments in instructional design for online education and employ a variety of multimedia technology tools to design, create, and evaluate engaging learning experiences.

Creating Effective Online and Blended Courses

While designing this course, our purpose was straight forward: help instructors create materials and provide guidance for the best practices in online teaching.

Learn how to create online courses that work efficiently. By understanding how people learn and how to design the experience conceptually and aesthetically, you can shape an effective and engaging learning experience. The course also addresses blended learning environments, synchronous and asynchronous concerns, the use of a variety of media such as video and audio along with accessibility concerns, and effective evaluation of online course design.

Key learning goals

By the end of this instructional design course, you should be able to:

• Apply the Understanding by Design (Backward Design) framework to course design
• Write effective, measurable learning objectives
• Design assessments based on desired outcomes
• Connect learning objectives to course activities and assessments
• Construct and deploy an online lesson and incorporate e-learning technologies
• Identify, evaluate, and integrate emerging technologies to support online learning
• Link high quality education research to policy and practice
• Apply instructional design theory and research, universal design, usability concepts, and analyze learning styles in the development of e-learning activities.
• Comply with copyright and accessibility standards

What we offer

Learn at your pace

• We know you’re busy. Our online classroom allows you 24/7 access to complete your coursework when and where it’s convenient for you.

Expert instruction

• You learn from experienced instructors. This course is developed and taught by Dr. Ed Forest who holds a PhD in Education.

Surrounded by support

• Asking for help can be a hard thing. But there’s no need to worry: We’re friendly and we’ve got you covered at every step..

Who should attend

This course is highly recommended for any instructor interested in developing an online, blended or hybrid course, flipped classroom or, MOOC. This program is designed for:

• Instructional designers
• Online course builders
• Emerging professionals wanting to break into the field
• Individuals seeking a career change or position within the e-learning instructional design field
• Training managers or coordinators
• Human resources professionals
• Professionals who have taken on a training role within their department
• Anyone developing and/or teaching an online course