Dr. Papia Bawa, Ph.D.

Students will learn about the multiple facets of eLearning environments and fundamentals of designing online courses, including designing online versions of face-to-face courses/components.

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Applications of Instructional Design (6xx)

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​In this course, students will display instructional design competencies and then apply those competencies to instructional design models and processes. This course advances knowledge gained in earlier coursework to gain experience that translates to external contexts.

This course seeks to provide students with a concrete definition of instructional design, provide students with an introduction to theories, and explore instructional processes. students learn about basic instructional principles and concepts and how these ideas are applied in a variety of learning spaces and design contexts and how these implementations are guided by external contexts and theory.

Students will learn to build interactive, online learning objects and modules using the free trial version of Articulate 360 for PC users (note Articulate for Mac users will need purchasing extra plug ins). This course will use a workshop model to offer students the opportunity to learn the basics of using the Articulate software through multiple content sources and support, with personalized guidance from the professor, peer to peer interactions, a vast library of learning resources and tutorials, as well as training from experts.

Students must complete all other courses required for the program to enroll in this capstone. Students will use their instructional design competencies gained through participation in all other courses in the program to engage in workplace practice sessions and showcasing of their instructional design skills.

Reflective and mentoring practices may also be part of this course experience. Students will design/consult for local, national and/or international organizations and educational institutions (for -profit or non-profit) who will act as real clients.

Explores current theories of learning. Also explores how students and others learn and examines the implications for instructional design. Ties how one learns how to teach and assess understanding.

Advanced course where students earn badges as demonstration of program specific competencies in Learning Design Technology. Competencies include project management, design and development of online course materials, inter-stakeholder communications, online learning evaluation and assessments, digital technology integration in courses, integrative digital pedagogy.