Certification Levels

Instructional Design Certificate Program 2.0

Get certified by E-Learning experts and charge ahead in your career in 3 simple steps:

Go through the online courses > Attend the contact sessions > Take the online assessments & submit the assignments

Level 1

Basic certificate program for beginners

Product Focus: Develop content/instructional material

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Level 2

Intermediate certificate program for practitioners

Process Focus: Conduct needs analysis and recommend solutions

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Level 3

Advanced certificate program for specialists

System Focus: Understand instructional design from a systems perspective and learn how it is applied in different domains – K-12; Corporate Training; Vocational Skills

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Eligibility Criteria

Level 1

0 – 1 year of experience as a Content Developer.

Level 2

More than three years of experience as a Content Developer/ Instructional Designer.

Level 3

More than five years of experience as an Instructional Designer.

What will be covered as theory?

Level 1

ADDIE Methodology and its variations in Higher Education and K-12
Ruth Clark’s Content Types Framework
Merrill’s Content-Performance Matrix, Mager’s Format for writing objectives and Bloom’s Taxonomy
Gagne’s Events of Instruction and Kolb’s Experiential Model
Types of Learning Visuals
Guidelines for creating MCQs, MMCQs. Match, Fill-in-the-Blank, True-False, and Subjective Questions
Difference between traditional E-Learning scripts and scripts written for video tutorials.

Level 2

ADDIE Methodology
Working Memory and its limitations
Bloom’s Taxonomy versus Merrill’s Content-Performance Matrix
Constructivist, Behaviorist and Cognitive schools of Learning
Gagne’s Events of Instruction
ARCS and Interactivity
Kirk-Patrick’s Evaluation Model
Art of Reviewing
Stories, scenarios and case studies
Merrill’s Principles of Instruction
Kolb’s Experiential Model
Video storyboards

Level 3

Design strategies (at macro and micro level) through case studies
Microlearning and Mobile learning concepts
Gamification
Curation
Learning Experience Design
Assessment design
ID for K-12 Or ID for Vocational Training

What micro skills will you acquire?

Level 1

Instructional writing
Organize Content
Write Objectives
Script a Module
Visualize a script
Create Questions
Scenario-based scripting

Level 2

Task Analysis
Audience Analysis
Interactivity Design
Evaluation Design
Scenario-based scripting
Reviewing storyboards (from an ID perspective)

Level 3

Design a solution for varied contexts
Design a job aid/game
Design creative assessments
Design an ICT-integrated lesson plan for K-12 OR
Design a unit for vocational skills

What macro skill will you acquire?

Level 1

Develop a storyboard for E-Learning by incorporating the basic principles of Instructional Design (any one of the following).

Simple storyboard
Storyboard with a role-play/scenario

Level 2

Write an Approach Note detailing the solution for a given situation
Develop a storyboard with a role-play/scenario

Level 3

Develop an intervention that is not in the form of traditional training for an identified need at the workplace.
Develop an ICT-integrated lesson plan OR develop a unit on any vocational skill for a student guide

How is this program different from others in the market?

1. It is mostly online and self-paced. You can complete it at your own pace.

2. Empathy is the hallmark of good design. This program gives you an opportunity to be an online learner, which helps you experience first-hand the strengths and weaknesses of this medium.

3. The program sets an example and will give you insights into the design elements you can use to optimize the strengths, and minimize the weaknesses of online learning.

4. You will get to analyse working examples of every kind of deliverable – storyboards, design documents, microlearning, textbook chapter, ICT-integrated lesson plans, and a sample unit for vocational skills.

5. You get one-to-one contact sessions with Purnima Valiathan as well as detailed feedback on your assignments/project work from her.

6. You get to download resources, such as a script format, sample scripts and design document, and a number of job-aids and templates that you can use at work.

Write to us at info@purnima-valiathan.com to get the details.