A programme for people wishing to acquire a powerful set of tools for designing learning courses and to align their previous professional experience with best practices of instructional design from various domains of education.
October 2022 — July 2023 6 intensive contact sessions (3−4 days) and online sessions for 3 hours once a week.
The course takes place on Universal University campus
Each module of the programme consists of independent online studies, webinars, and classroom activities with instructors.
Students go through four rounds of project work, which consists of designing programmes based on real-life cases from teachers or a partner educational organization.
The core learning is set around solving cases and working on real-life projects provided by educational institutions. By the end of the course, the students will build a portfolio of educational projects.
curriculum
The programme consists of 12 disciplines and project track. The first 4 basic disciplines are also studied throughout the year
context research through foresight techniques
audience analysis: interviews and observations
quantitative research methods
reading academic literature
learning goals and objectives goals and taxonomy (taxonomy of Bloom, Marzano, SOLO)
instructional design models
constructive alignment
problem-based instructional design models and theories
experiental instructional design models and theories
methods and techniques for learning and teaching (project-based learning, workplace learning, art-based learning and so on)
formative and summative assessment tools
authentic assessment and developmental assessment
feedback for learning and developing self-assessment skills
environmental approach to learning experience design
components of learning environment: physical, digital, cultural and so on
work with the customer
work on project assignments
thesis and preparation for the defense of the project
individual tutoring with a supportive practitioner
flat leadership and co-creative approach
history of pedagogy from antiquity to the 70s of the XX century
soviet experimental pedagogical schools
history of andragogy
The course consists of video lectures and tests.
designing digital and physical learning spaces
periodization of mental development
preschool, middle childhood, adolescence and early adulthood
The course consists of video lectures and tests.
what is evidence-based education and what is not
validation of ideas, search for confirmation and refutation, work with sources
facts and myths in education
fundamentals of the scientific method
The course consists of video lectures and tests.
roles, rules of interaction, types of specialists in an educational project
competencies and requirements for different roles in designing and delivering learning exprience
approaches to organizing team work, educational project management
flat leadership practices
case studies of leading Russian projects
connection between attitudes and motivation
continuum and typology of motivation to learn
work with internal and external motivation
how do the chosen teaching methods and technologies promote student motivation?
pedagogical techniques for designing children's learning
andragogic techniques for designing adult learning
group dynamics, work in different groups and management of motivation in learning
strategies for working with experts in training design
participatory design practices
metrics for assessing the effectiveness of an educational programme in addition to achieving an educational result
data-driven programme design
the programme as a learning ecosystem that forms the product portfolio of the organization
you will learn
1
to identify the needs of the audience, write clear learning outcomes, and create competence maps
2
to design and assess programmes for traditional settings and online learning experience using robust teaching frameworks
3
to lead teams to design complex educational programmes
4
to develop programmes for primary, secondary, further, and higher education, and for corporate trainings
The tuition fee can be paid in two installments. Applications are accepted until September 17, 2022.
Discount is offered to the companies covering the tuition for 3 or more employees. Language of the programme is Russian.
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For admission you need: an application form, an original or a copy of a document about higher or secondary special education, or a certificate from a university or university for training at the moment, 2 photos of 3x4 in size and a passport (presented when submitting documents).