Learning Design Foundation Certificate
Overview
Are you considering a career in e-learning? Would you like to be able to design and develop digital and online learning for a range of learning contexts, including university courses and corporate training?
This exciting new course covers the knowledge and skills you will need to apply for an instructional designer or e-learning developer role. Or perhaps you’d prefer to go freelance and work from home? The course is ideal for you too.
Structured around core components of the learning design process, you will explore the strategies and technologies needed to create engaging online and blended learning programmes across a range of contexts. You will be guided through the process of building a professional portfolio and toolkit at no additional cost.
- High quality interactive learning
- 100% online
- Develop your portfolio
- Build your own design toolkit with our templates
- Receive a graduate goodie bag
- Self-paced, start anytime
Course content
Introduction to learning design and technology
- What is learning design?
- The journey to online learning
- E-learning and edtech since the millennium
- Common terminology
Professional prospects
- Employers and professional contexts
- Skills and qualifications
- Building a portfolio and profile
- Professional networks
Project management
- ADDIE, Agile and SAM
- Project management methods
- Project management tools
- Stakeholder mapping
- Project management concepts and processes
The learning environment
- Working in different contexts
- Working with subject matter experts
- Understanding learners
- Learning technologies
- Mapping tools and activities
Needs analysis
- The learning gap
- Analysing project and learning needs
- Conducting a learning needs analysis
- Aims, objectives and outcomes
Concluding the analysis phase
- Preparing the instructional design document
Learning theories
- What is pedagogy? What is andragogy?
- How do people learn?
- Attitudes and mindsets
Design strategies
- Backward design and design thinking
- Taxonomies for learning
- Types of learning activity
- Developing a structure
- Transformation and enhancement
Content design
- Content strategies
- Storyboarding
- Communicating concepts
- Activity design
- Assessment and quiz design
Design approval
- Design for privacy
- Accessibility and inclusivity
- Seeking feedback and pitching your design
Authoring tools
- VLE tools
- Slide-based e-learning tools
- Other free and premium tools
- Web development
Multimedia
- Videos, screencasts, and podcasts
- Illustrations, infographics and animations
- VR, AR and immersive environments
- Managing assets
Standards and legal compliance
- Data protection and privacy
- Accessibility
- Copyright
- Open education resources and licensing
Quality assurance
- Content review
- Testing
- Pilots
PLUS: virtual tutorials
Implementation
- Facilitating delivery
- Evaluating learning
- Project conclusion
- Critical practice
Next steps
- Self evaluation
- Portfolio review
- Conclusion
A practice assessment is available before the final assessment, which is made up of multiple choice questions.
The questions align with the learning objectives and will assess the learner’s understanding of key terms and concepts and their ability to apply that knowledge to common contexts and scenarios.
What's included?
The course is self-paced with a range of activities and content including:
- virtual tutorials (1-1 or team) and webinars
- interactive tasks and quizzes
- reading materials and videos
- reflective activities
- portfolio challenges and advice
- worksheets and job aids
- forum discussions and links to professional networks
Current students are also entitled to associate membership of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) for the duration of the course.
Enrolment
We're continuously enhancing course content and working with partners to develop new course pathways and options.
If you would like to join the next cohort, express your interest, or ask a question, get in touch with us today via:
hello@lexedio.com
What will I need?
Equipment
You will need access to a desktop PC/Mac, laptop or tablet with a good screen size and a reliable internet connection. You do not need to purchase specialist software as you will be signposted to suitable free and trial options in order to complete tasks.
Skills
There are no prerequisite skills or knowledge required. However, you will need reasonable English language proficiency and some basic digital literacy in order to get the most out of the course.
Find out more
Not sure if this is the right course for you? Get in touch and we’ll be happy to help.
If you want to know more about careers in the e-learning industry, such as instructional designer, learning technologist, or e-learning developer roles, you might find the following useful:
- Instinct – recruitment agency for e-learning professionals. Explore some of the job descriptions.
- eLearning industry – Industry news and insights. Check out some of these articles on instructional design, to give you a flavour of the role.