Element 5: Instructional Design—Purposeful Online Design for Meaningful Outcomes

Online course design strategies that motivate, challenge, and provide measurable outcomes. The “how” of teaching online is such a critical component for ensuring student engagement and success. Instruction should be created with efficiency in mind and also with connections to our best understanding of how our student group learns. This element focuses on aligning adult education theories and knowledge of your learner from the personalized factor of this resource with eLearning instructional design strategies. This alignment will ensure that you have designed engaging, efficient, and measurable learning objectives and activities for your learners.