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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify project requirements
   • Refer to project briefs to identify target learner characteristics and their impact on resource design
   • Identify content to be incorporated, generated and managed, and how content is accessed or delivered
   • Identify delivery platforms including learning management systems, and assess implications for media asset formats and content modification
   • Consult with clients to clarify project requirements
2. Research and select instructional design model
   • Analyse content to establish learning outcomes and assessment strategies
   • Research a range of instructional design models and consider their suitability to meet briefs
   • Identify accessibility and technical standards that may apply for the delivery platforms
   • Identify learning styles of target audience and consider how these may impact design
   • Evaluate a range of interactive learning and assessment activities to meet learning needs of target learners
   • In consultation with relevant personnel, select the instructional design model that best meets learning needs and project requirements
3. Draft design specifications
   • Use selected instructional design model to design architecture of the e-learning resource
   • Design sequences and interactivity based on content and project requirements
   • Develop content templates for content experts if required
   • Specify media assets as required
   • Specify communication and collaboration tools as required
   • Specify user interface of the e-learning resource
   • Specify production requirements, including appropriate testing strategies
   • Produce design specifications and instructions for design and development teams to use
4. Finalise design specifications
   • Present design specifications and discuss with clients
   • Review designs against required project outcomes and target learner needs
   • Review designs against creative and technical requirements
   • Adjust designs as necessary after discussions with relevant personnel
   • Clarify ownership of intellectual property to comply with production and organisational requirements
   • Confirm with clients their acceptance of design specifications, including deliverables, milestones and timelines

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

research and select suitable instructional design models to meet project requirements

design specifications for e-learning resources for delivery on different platforms that:

meet the project brief, including learner requirements

are technically feasible

detail all aspects of e-learning resource architecture, interactive learning and assessment activities, media assets, communication and collaboration tools, user interface production requirements and testing strategies

present and discuss design specifications.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

list and briefly describe instructional design learning models for e-learning

outline target learner characteristics and how these may impact on instructional design choices

list a range of e-learning delivery platforms, and briefly describe any particular design requirements

outline typical media assets used for e-learning

describe common formats and techniques for documenting design of e-learning resources

outline the impact of web standards on the design of e-learning resources

describe the concept of intellectual property rights and how this is managed in the context of e-learning resource development.

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