Creating Designs for Learning

Catalog description

This general education course introduces students to basics of the learning design field. The course introduces theories, processes, and techniques that students need to create designs for educational and training programs for formal and informal contexts (including after school clubs, higher education, corporate settings, museums, and non-profit organizations). Students interested in how to design educational artifacts should take this course. This is a hands-on course where students will learn basic skills, ethics, and practices of the learning design field via discussions, activities, writing, and presentations. Throughout the course, students will create a series of products, which can be used in their portfolios for later job searches. There are no prerequisites or technological skills required.