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Instructional Design for ELearning

How to Create Successful Training Courses

Created byMarina Arshavskiy
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IntermediateUpdated May 17, 2025
Instructional Design for ELearning

What You'll Learn

check_circleAnalyze learner needs and design eLearning courses using sound instructional principles.
check_circleCreate storyboards, prototypes, and assessment tools that align with learning goals.
check_circleDesign engaging interactive elements, including games, simulations, and job aids.
check_circleManage eLearning projects using traditional and agile methods, including mobile and Web 2.0 strategies.

About This Course

The Instructional Design for eLearning course covers the methodology, skills, and techniques necessary for developing effective eLearning solutions. This course provides the foundation for instructional development.

The course is divided into the following four sections:

  1. Basic Elements of Instructional Design
  2. Designing Instructionally Sound eLearning Courses
  3. Interactive Elements in eLearning Courses
  4. Advancing Your Skills

After completing this course, you should be able to:

  • Analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate your own eLearning courses
  • Use various data-collection methods and techniques to conduct needs analysis for your eLearning courses
  • Create design documents, storyboards, and prototypes
  • Develop effective assessment tools
  • Design interactivity, games, simulations, job aids, and graphics
  • Effectively collaborate with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
  • Select appropriate eLearning tools
  • Manage your eLearning projects effectively and efficiently using traditional and agile methodologies
  • Design Web2.0 and Mobile Learning solutions
  • Select appropriate performance improvement interventions
  • Create your own eLearning portfolio
  • Demonstrate knowledge, skills, and creativity related to eLearning instructional design

Who is the course for? The Instructional Design for eLearning course will be useful for instructional designers at any level and of any professional experience. Whether you are an aspiring instructional designer looking for a career change, a novice instructional designer trying to learn the basics of eLearning course development, a seasoned instructional designer needing a refresher, or a human resource professional designing professional development training programs for employees, this course is for you!

Requirements None. Just come prepared to learn!

What are you going to get from this course? Over 34 lectures and 6 hours of content! Videos, articles, and templates are included in this course! With all these materials, you will find that you are able to build professional, instructionally sound eLearning courses in a short period of time! As a bonus, there is an eBook about becoming a successful instructional designer. In this eBook, you will find information on creating your eLearning portfolio that you can use to showcase your skills to your perspective employer.

To your instructional design and eLearning success!

Your Instructor

Marina Arshavskiy
Marina Arshavskiy
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Marina Arshavskiy is a professional instructional design and eLearning writer. She designs effective and highly interactive learning solutions that engage learners, heighten their experience, and accelerate skills development. Marina holds a Master's degree in Instructional Systems Development. She is also a Bronze Level certified training evaluation professional.

Credit Information

Do these courses count toward my professional development requirements?

This portal is provided as a training and development resource for City of Markham employees. Every course is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, is quantifiable in hours, and is verifiable — you receive a documented certificate of completion for every course you finish, stored on LearnFormula indefinitely.

If you hold a professional designation (for example in engineering, accounting, human resources, or law), courses may be counted as professionally relevant, verifiable learning activities toward your continuing professional development. Individual practitioners are responsible for confirming that an activity meets the requirements of their professional body. For questions about the City of Markham's training and development policies, please speak with your people leader or Human Resources.

What Students Are Saying

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