Structured Course Development

Overview:

Content Development comprises a variety of macro-tasks – for example, understanding audience – to a whole lot of micro-tasks – like editing your own writing. Having a structured approach to development of classroom and eLearning content ensures that basic principles are followed and there is room for new ideas as well.

Course Outline:

• Types of Content – Merrill's Model
• Sourcing, Adapting and Organizing Content
• Devising an Instructional Approach
• Content Planning – Writing a Design Document
• The Structured Writing Process
• Writing Basics
• Writing a Design Document
• Writing Basics
  1. Pre-writing Tasks
  2. The Mechanics of Writing
  3. Instructional Writing
  4. Revising Your Writing
• Writing for eLearning (Optional)
  1. Writing per Screen
  2. Interactivity
  3. Visuals (static & animated)
  4. Storyboarding
  5. Using Instructional Templates
  6. Writing for Interactivity
• Writing Assessments
1. Writing Question Stems
2. Writing Feedback
3. Scoring Strategies