Instructions for participants of the Learning Design e-course

The e-course is designed for the professional development of higher education teachers and aims to support a comprehensive understanding, design, and implementation of learning design.

Learning design describes the sequence of learning and teaching activities and tasks, the necessary resources and student support, as well as student workload, assessment methods, and feedback provision. In the process of course design, we use learning analytics, especially design analytics.

The teacher, learning designer, or instructional designer shapes and plans the learning and teaching process so that students achieve the intended learning outcomes. During the e-course, various learning design models will be presented, such as the ABC model, with a particular emphasis on the Balanced Design Planning (BDP) model. A free BDP tool is available in Croatian and English, enabling collaborative learning design development and real-time analytics. Learning design will serve as the foundation for course implementation in the Learning Management System (LMS) Moodle.

The e-course covers the following topics: the conceptual definition and concepts of learning design and instructional design; methodology and models of learning design; planning teaching, learning and teaching activities, and assessment; analysis of digital tools for supporting learning and teaching, taking into account the influence of learning design on tool selection; learning design models in a digital environment suitable for achieving learning outcomes and objectives; creation of teaching materials for the target group using a selected design model in a chosen digital tool; evaluation of the selected learning design model; implementation of learning design for the target group; and analysis of evaluation results after implementing the model with the target group.