LMD - Learning Materials Design and Development

Duration

Three Days in the classroom and up to 180 days to compile a Portfolio of Evidence

Overview

  • 123394 - Develop Outcomes-based learning programmes - 10 Credits at NQF Level 05.
  • 123401 - Design Outcomes-based learning programmes - 15 Credits at NQF Level 06.
  • 115755 - Design and develop Outcomes-based assessments - 10 Credits at NQF Level 06.

1. Outcomes-based Education and Training

  • Introduction to OBET
  • Types of Outcomes
  • The Philosophy of OBET
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of OBET
  • OBET vs. Traditional Methods

2. National Qualifications Framework

  • About the National Qualifications Framework
  • The Principles Underpinning the NQF
  • Unit Standards and NQF Levels
  • The Mechanisms of the NQF
  • Skills Development Levies
  • Unit Standards and Assessment
  • Benefits of the NQF

3. Principles of Learning and Learning Style

  • Introduction to Learning
  • How a person learns
  • Bloom's Taxonomy
  • Domains of Learning
  • Analysing the Audience
  • Visual, Auditory and Kinaesthetic
  • Barriers to Learning and Learning Styles
  • Andragogic and Pedagogic Principles
  • Adult Learners

4. Learning Outcomes

  • Assessing Needs
  • Analysing the Brief
  • Determining Learning Outcomes
  • Design the Process
  • Plan and Prepare for Development
  • Components of a Development Plan
  • Planning for Delivery
  • Selecting and Instructional System
  • Design Options
  • Quality Planning

4. Learning Activities

  • Introduction to Learning Activities
  • Lectures 
  • Group Discussions
  • Open Forums
  • Demonstrations
  • Field Trips
  • Case Studies
  • Role Plays
  • Reading Assignments
  • Research Assignments
  • Application Assignments
  • Workplace Experience

6. Developing Learning Activities

  • Selecting Appropriate Learning Activities
  • Consider the Principles of Adult Learning
  • Select the Domain
  • Writing Learning Activities
  • Learner Self Assessments

7. Developing Learning Guides

  • Delivery Options
  • About Learning Guides
  • Purpose of Learning Guides
  • Integrated Guides
  • Developing Materials

8. Developing Facilitation Guides

  • Facilitation Guides
  • Learning Methodologies

9. Assessment

  • An overview of Assessment
  • Principles of Assessment
  • Types of Assessment
  • Criterion vs Norm Referenced Assessment
  • Purpose of Assessment
  • Integrated Assessment
  • Competence
  • Evidence
  • Assessment Methods
  • Assessment Instruments

10. Assessment Process

  • Assessment Roles
  • Barriers to Assessment
  • Types of Assessment
  • Learner Participation
  • Eleven Steps to Assessment

11. Piloting and Evaluating Interventions

  • Introduction
  • Evaluate Learning
  • Guidelines for Deciding on Evaluation Methods
  • Evaluation Criteria for Assessment Tools
  • Review Procedures
  • Evidence Matrix
  • Evidence Matrix Examples