Georgetown’s Certificate in Online Instructional Design introduces you to the fundamentals of creating online learning experiences that integrate social impact concepts to inform and activate students, employees, and clients to serve as agents of social change in work and the world. Throughout your studies, you will focus on designing, developing, and evaluating online learning experiences to achieve learning goals and cultivating skills and competencies in social impact design to create courses that engage learners in projects related to addressing pressing social challenges.
Through real-world practice of leading the design, development, and review of an online course, you will gain a deeper understanding of instructional design concepts and how to apply them using a social impact design framework. After earning the Certificate, you will be invited to join Georgetown’s Community of Practice in Instructional Design to help mission-driven organizations, throughout the world, with limited resources, create quality online learning experiences.
Learning Outcomes
● Apply the ADDIE model and other design frameworks to course creation.
● Utilize e-learning authoring tools and modern educational technology.
● Develop assessments that accurately measure learning retention and success.
Who Should Enroll
● Corporate trainers, L&D professionals, and HR managers.
● Educators transitioning into instructional design roles.
Prerequisites
● Registrants must hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Those without a bachelor's degree may request consideration for admission by submitting a Statement of Purpose for review.
Courses Required for Completion of the Certificate:
● All eight courses must be taken sequentially
● The order of courses is XEDU-001, -002, -003, -004, -005, -006, -007, and -008
○ Online Learning Design and Social Impact Framework (Required; 0.9 CEUs)
○ Content Outline: Integrating Social Impact Concepts into Learning Objectives (Required; 1.8 CEUs)
○ Integrating Relevant Technology in Online Instructional Design (Required; 1.8 CEUs)
○ Master Design Document and Syllabus (Required; 1.8 CEUs)
○ Multimedia Strategy and Social Impact Lens (Required; 0.9 CEUs)
○ Course Build Plan and Implementation (Required; 1.8 CEUs)
○ LMS Build and Quality Review (Required; 1.8 CEUs)
○ Capstone: Presentation to Stakeholders (Required; 0.9 CEUs)