The issue of educational content development is a crucial one for the effective and successful implementation of ICTE in Sub-Saharan Africa. The current situation is marked by the absence of locally developed materials linked to the curriculum, the reliance on web-based materials from abroad and the inexistence of evaluation mechanisms. Developing new materials or digitizing existing ones is a process that requires planning, time, expertise and coordination.
This module will provide participants with valuable insights on content development, best practices, design principles and examples of good and poor design and cost-effective design and development applications.
Courses include:
Principles of instructional design
Digitization of existing materials
Development of content for offline support
Mass production of ICT materials
Use of open-source and free applications for content development
Multimedia in content development
Simulations and games
Instructional material databases
Educational portals
And more…
- This course defines the concept of Instructional Design (ID), presents the philosophy, the psychology and the process to achieve successful educational contents. It covers various ID models and best practices.
