R521 course information: Distance Education: Instructional Systems Technology, School of Education, Indiana University at Bloomington

Distance Education: Instructional Systems Technology

R521: Instructional Design and Development

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): None.

Course Description

This course introduces the instructional systems development process, from analysis through evaluation and implementation. In this course, you will go through all the development phases, with emphasis on design issues such as classification of learning tasks, selection of instructional strategies, and development of prototypes. After completing this course, you will be able to design effective and appealing instruction based on principles from instructional theory.

Course Activities

Readings and tutorials. Each week, you will read the assigned texts and articles, and review the topic overview provided by the instructor. Each topic overview will introduce you to the key topics and issues of the course, and at the end of each presentation, you will be asked to consider a series of questions for further reflection and class discussion.

Class discussion. You are encouraged to participate in online asynchronous discussion using the course discussion board. In this course forum, you will post individual responses to the readings and the discussion questions, then read and comment on peers’ postings. While exploring topics and critiquing and refining ideas, you will receive guidance and feedback from the instructor.

Live chat. Live chat will take place once a week for about one hour. Hosted by the instructor, these regularly-held real-time sessions will bring the class together in a lively and informal setting.

Design and development projects. In this course, you will develop two lessons that teach procedures and concepts respectively. During each project, you will be asked to create interim deliverables for instructor feedback and submit a project report at the end. These are group assignments and you will work with different teams for each project.

Group dynamics reflections paper. You will read assigned chapter in the text, Group Dynamics, and will complete brief reflection exercises which you will submit to the instructor. These readings and reflections are intended to help you better understand the group dynamics and to explore the relationships between one’s own group skills and group effectiveness.

Peer evaluation. At the end of each group project, you will provide feedback on contributions of yourself, as well as those of other group members following the evaluation rubric given in the syllabus.

Time commitment. This course may take about 10 hours per week: 2 to 4 hours completing the reading assignments, 3 to 4 hours participating in online discussion and live chat, and 1 to 2 hours working on group projects.

Course Specific Requirement

None.