Education Specialist Concentration
Competencies/Skills for Instructional Designers
- Perform a needs assessment/analysis
Develop a needs assessment/analysis plan and instrument
Conduct a needs assessment/analysis and collect data
Identify discrepancies based on analysis of data collection
Recommend options that solve the discrepancies - Plan and monitor training projects
Develop a project management plan
Develop cost-benefit analysis
Develop budgets and schedules
Identify resource allocation requirements
Monitor activities and make appropriate adjustments to achieve project goals
Identify constraints that impact budget, schedule, resource requirements - Assess the relevant characteristics of the target audience
Select the target audience characteristics that are appropriate for assessment
Develop a target audience profile
Differentiate between the types of learners that will benefit from the instruction from those who will have difficulty comprehending the courseware - Assess the relevant characteristics of the setting
Identify relevant resources, constraints, and context of the development and delivery environments
Identify how the courseware will be used in the curriculum
Evaluate how the setting characteristics may impact proposed instructional approaches
State a rationale for the selection of the resources and constraints of the development and delivery environments chosen - Perform job, task, and/or content analysis
Analyze the characteristics of a job, task, or body of knowledge
Identify appropriate source documentation to support analysis
Identify tasks, subtasks, cognitive processes and their sequential and/or hierarchical relationships
Comprehend technical content in terms of the entire course content and individual lessons
Assess frequency, criticality, difficulty and complexity of knowledge and skills contained in curricula to accommodate target audience learning styles
Identify prerequisite knowledge and skills for tasks, subtasks, and knowledge - Write criterion-referenced, performance-based objectives
State an objective in performance terms that reflect the intent of instruction
Sequence the objectives to reflect the curriculum design
Describe the relationship between the objectives, technical content and performance measurement - Select instructional media
Identify instructional media options that address training needs
Describe characteristics of instructional media
Evaluate candidate training system hardware and software capabilities and limitations
Conduct a cost-benefit analysis to determine cost-effectiveness of instructional media options that support objectives within imposed constraints
Recommend instructional media that provides utility and probability across and within each unit of instruction - Recommend instructional strategies
Discuss learning theories, instructional design strategies, instructional psychology, and learning styles appropriate to the curricular objectives
Describe and provide a rationale for the selection of an instructional approach
Design instructional materials that are appropriate to the ability level of the learners - Develop performance measurement instruments
Develop performance measures: criterion-referenced achievement tests, questionnaires, interviews, simulation scenarios, observation checklists, performance checklists, product checklists
Identify variables to measure and construct assessment items appropriate to the associated objective
Judge the validity and reliability of instruction based on statistical results
State the rationale for using one type of assessment tool over another - Develop training program materials
Develop media materials that are linked to and within the hardware/software constraints, are consistent across and between lessons, and clearly communicate information
Develop flowcharts to identify learning events at the frame specific level using standardized symbology
Develop storyboards using a template appropriate to the needs of the project to
Enter data that clearly communicates what will be developed and presented to the user
Select and construct appropriate interactions and user control techniques
Write scripts that include: Introductions, body, transitions, and summary in conversational, active voice to match comprehension level of target audience
Consistent use of tense, grammar, terminology that is interesting and varied
Use a variety of authoring and/or software applications packages
Develop audiovisual display designs that include: screen layouts and human-machine interfaces
Develop course support materials and documentation
Perform debug procedures to identify inconsistencies and discrepancies
Understand video production/postproduction procedures
Understand the relationship between storyboard production and courseware production - Prepare end-users for implementation of courseware materials
Train instructors on how to present courseware to students
Provide guidance to users on hardware, software, and courseware - Evaluate instruction, program, and process
Develop a formative/summative evaluation plan and conduct the formative/summative evaluation
Generate specifications for revisions based on feedback collected during evaluation - Demonstrate an ability to grasp technical content
- Communicate effectively by visual, oral, and written form with individuals, small
group, and in front of large audiences
- Interact effectively with other people
Establish rapport with individuals and groups
Ask questions, explain information, listen
Deal with impediments to progress among members of a group (friction, resistance) -
Demonstrate good work habits
Demonstrate organizational skills and time management abilities
Demonstrate flexibility and problem solving abilities