• Instructors and trainers
• Instructional designers
• Learning and talent development leaders

• In completing this course you will:
  • Develop a practical understanding of learning experience design (LXD) and how to upgrade your current instructional design practices for modern learners and new digital learning environments.
  • Apply an LXD framework, based on learning science, that integrates the cognitive, emotional, behavioral and social dimensions of learning in a holistic way.
  • Adopt a learner and task-centered mindset throughout the learning design process to optimize learner engagement and performance outcomes.
  • Apply design thinking practices to envision new kinds of instructional interactions and learning solutions that take full advantage of the capabilities of available digital tools for teaching and learning.
  • Apply the LXD strategies to create work-related prototype solutions for refinement during and after the course.

• Week 1:  Introduction and Application of the LXD Approach
  • Core elements of online learning experiences (structure and psychodynamics)
  • Making the shift from conventional instructional design to LXD
  • Applying design thinking to the LXD process
  • An integrated LXD framework for designing online learning
  • Factors that influence engagement and deep learning in online environments
  • Designing learner and task-centered interfaces, content structures and motivational elements
  • Exploring affordances of new technology tools for designing hybridized content interactions
  • Individual/team project work

Week 2:  Designing Impactful Online Learning Activities and Social Interactions 

• • Designing online activities to promote active and deep learning
  • Engagement strategies including contextualization and scenario-based learning
  • Designing online social interactions that support knowledge and skill development
  • Feedback strategies for enhancing learner agency and motivation
  • Evaluating and assessing learning outcomes, impact, and ROI
  • Challenges and strategies for implementing LXD in various work contexts
  • Personal project reviews and debriefings

This fully online two-week course consists of:

• Introductory prework (1 hr.)
• Live virtual classes (four 2-hour sessions, 8 hrs.)
• Online self-study modules with mini-projects (4 hrs.)
• Online discussion forum participation (optional 1 hr.)
• Mini prototype project work (4 hrs.)

Estimated total: 16-18 hours

This course requires completing assignments prior to each of the four live virtual class sessions.