Instructional Design @ Work is an interactive learning course on Instructional Design for practitioners and learning consultants. It covers Training Needs Analysis (also known as Learning Needs Analysis or Needs Assessment), learning solution design, approach note design, curriculum design, high-level course design, and detailed course design. It also addresses the ADDIE methodology, and the following theories and concepts: Working Memory , Bloom’s Taxonomy, Merrill’s Content-Performance matrix, Keller’s ARCS, Gagne’s Events of Instruction and Kirk-Patrick’s Evaluation model. The course also covers the three schools of learning: behaviorist, cognitive, and constructivist.
Requirements
Good English comprehension skills
Ability to write grammatically correct and fluent English
Experience in developing storyboards or any other form of learning content
Basic knowledge of the Development Life Cycle (DLC) for learning content
Material Included
Self-paced learning modules
Quizzes & Practice Exercises
Detailed Design Document - Sample
Detailed Design Document - Template
Job-aids
Additional Reading Resources
Who should take this course?
This course is aimed at Instructional Designers, Learning Design professionals and Trainers with at least 3 - 4 years of work experience .
Course Name
Instructional Design @ Work
Skill Addressed
Training Need Analysis (TNA)
Detailed Design Document/Approach Note
Duration
Learning Seat Time - 10 hrs; Course Access - 60 Days
Target Audience
ID Professionals; Trainers; Subject Matter Experts
Online Assessment
Yes
Assignment / Project
Detailed Design Document OR Approach Note (Available ONLY as part of Level 2 certification)
How is the course structured?
The course has seven modules, and is structured to reflect the ADDIE methodology.
How is the course designed?
The course is designed as a blend of the old and the new, a mix of theory and practice, presented in a simple, yet insightful way. It comprises of seven episodes, and each episode is structured as below.
Principles: Popular frameworks are analyzed and demystified in an engaging manner.
Reflections:Â Experiences and insights from the field are presented.
Resources: Downloadable job-aids and templates are provided along with additional reading material.
Task: At the end of each module, learners have to pick a situation and complete one section of the detailed design document.
Certification
To qualify for your certificate from Purnima Valiathan, you must complete all episodes in this course and score 70% or more in the course assessment.
The ID for Practitioners course is comprehensive , yet crisp and helped in giving a structure to the logic/ stages while developing content. The course has been designed interestingly with a blend of videos, assignments, assessments and contact sessions that helped in holding interest as well providing information and a platform to clarify concerns.
The templates and reading material is helping me at work.
Thoroughly enjoyed the course module. Intelligently designed not just to inform and educate, but also to serve as an example of how a good instructional design should be. Well-paced, with assessments and application in ”just the right measure!’ I would also recommend learners get their hands on the Beginner’s Guide to ID by Mrs. Purnima Valiathan to support their course journey.
This course provides some excellent tips & guidelines for developing courses with sound ID. All aspects right from developing objectives, content as well as knowledge checks are covered.
The training helped me to see the mistakes I have been making while presenting content and how to improve on it in a more constructive way. The training sessions with Purnima has helped me a great deal in this aspect.
The course gave me good insights and guidelines about instructional design, engaging the learners and why it is important to do so. Thanks for designing such a wonderful course!!
It’s a well scripted learning module with concepts explained via video mode followed by application based FAQs formatted like an interview. These FAQs (known as Reflections) not only help the learner resolve their queries but expands the scope of the content explained.
The course content covers all aspects in detail. With the huge number of downloadable material (which you can keep for lifetime reference) and the meticulously-designed assessment and assignment, it arms you with the practical knowledge and skills you will need to become an able ID. Thank you Purnima and Ruchi.
Quite similar to how Goldilocks felt, the intermediate course felt ‘Just Right’. Though it was significantly different from the first course and had a lot of information, Purnima meticulously organized it into learnable chunks and ensured that she didn’t overwhelm the learner with too much information. The content was very well presented, with the tasks giving us ample of opportunities to actually practice what we learnt. It couldn’t have been better. Thanks a lot!
The course is comprehensive ( covers all important aspects of ID) and systematic. It helps the novice as well as the quasi experienced learner grasp the nitty gritty of Instructional Designing. I am satisfied with the knowledge gained.
A highly effective course that has been designed for learning to just “happen”. Everything about the course is “Just Right”. I would highly recommend it for all IDs; beginners or experts.
The content is chunked meaningfully and is logically sequenced. It is very well presented. The contact sessions also helped in clearing my doubts. In short, it is a comprehensive course. I would recommend it for all IDs: beginners or experts.
This has been an amazing course and I had gained a lot from this. Would highly recommend it. I would suggest you go twice or even thrice in order to have a better understanding about the concepts.
It takes time to learn, analyze and understand the different types of frameworks, principles, and theories to grasp the ID concept as a whole.
This course covers most of the theoretical aspects of ID, and I can’t begin to imagine how much time, effort, and energy has gone into making this course.
It is simple, to the point, and brilliantly designed! 🙂
I recommend buying Purnima Ma’am’s book “Beginner’s Guide to ID” and learn this course along with it.
Really liked how the entire module is based on application at workplace and not merely a download of information. It has been a very useful module for me.
This is an immersive course with load of extra reading material. It helped me understand the rationale behind each principle used in designing a learning material. I believe this will help me become a better instructional designer and take me a notch up in the learning and development space.
The ID for Practitioners course is comprehensive , yet crisp and helped in giving a structure to the logic/ stages while developing content. The course has been designed interestingly with a blend of videos, assignments, assessments and contact sessions that helped in holding interest as well providing information and a platform to clarify concerns.
The templates and reading material is helping me at work.
Very informative course. Got to learn the principles effectively
good content.
Thoroughly enjoyed the course module. Intelligently designed not just to inform and educate, but also to serve as an example of how a good instructional design should be. Well-paced, with assessments and application in ”just the right measure!’ I would also recommend learners get their hands on the Beginner’s Guide to ID by Mrs. Purnima Valiathan to support their course journey.
The course content is comprehensive and useful
A myth breaking course on ID principles
This course provides some excellent tips & guidelines for developing courses with sound ID. All aspects right from developing objectives, content as well as knowledge checks are covered.
The training helped me to see the mistakes I have been making while presenting content and how to improve on it in a more constructive way. The training sessions with Purnima has helped me a great deal in this aspect.
The course gave me good insights and guidelines about instructional design, engaging the learners and why it is important to do so. Thanks for designing such a wonderful course!!
It’s a well scripted learning module with concepts explained via video mode followed by application based FAQs formatted like an interview. These FAQs (known as Reflections) not only help the learner resolve their queries but expands the scope of the content explained.
The course content covers all aspects in detail. With the huge number of downloadable material (which you can keep for lifetime reference) and the meticulously-designed assessment and assignment, it arms you with the practical knowledge and skills you will need to become an able ID. Thank you Purnima and Ruchi.
Quite similar to how Goldilocks felt, the intermediate course felt ‘Just Right’. Though it was significantly different from the first course and had a lot of information, Purnima meticulously organized it into learnable chunks and ensured that she didn’t overwhelm the learner with too much information. The content was very well presented, with the tasks giving us ample of opportunities to actually practice what we learnt. It couldn’t have been better. Thanks a lot!
The course is comprehensive ( covers all important aspects of ID) and systematic. It helps the novice as well as the quasi experienced learner grasp the nitty gritty of Instructional Designing. I am satisfied with the knowledge gained.
A highly effective course that has been designed for learning to just “happen”. Everything about the course is “Just Right”. I would highly recommend it for all IDs; beginners or experts.
The content is chunked meaningfully and is logically sequenced. It is very well presented. The contact sessions also helped in clearing my doubts. In short, it is a comprehensive course. I would recommend it for all IDs: beginners or experts.
This has been an amazing course and I had gained a lot from this. Would highly recommend it. I would suggest you go twice or even thrice in order to have a better understanding about the concepts.
It takes time to learn, analyze and understand the different types of frameworks, principles, and theories to grasp the ID concept as a whole.
This course covers most of the theoretical aspects of ID, and I can’t begin to imagine how much time, effort, and energy has gone into making this course.
It is simple, to the point, and brilliantly designed! 🙂
I recommend buying Purnima Ma’am’s book “Beginner’s Guide to ID” and learn this course along with it.
Course is well articulated and exhibits simple language with in-depth information.
Really liked how the entire module is based on application at workplace and not merely a download of information. It has been a very useful module for me.
This is an immersive course with load of extra reading material. It helped me understand the rationale behind each principle used in designing a learning material. I believe this will help me become a better instructional designer and take me a notch up in the learning and development space.