Free How-To Guide for Course Design Available

Available free from the Educational Activities Board (EAB) is the Telcordia Technologies' Reference Guide for Instructional Design and Development. This online-only, how-to guide teaches efficient and effective course and tutorial design. The guide explains how to add educational value to your tutorials and courses, which can qualify them for Continuing Education Units.

Based on the Systematic Design of Instruction by Walter Dick and Lou Chaney, the guide outlines six distinct steps to acquire sound design principles. These clear steps, displayed on colorful, easily navigated Web pages show how to:

Assess the needs of the instructional situation

Analyze the learners

Write learning objectives

Select an instructional strategy that fits your assessment

Develop materials that enhance your strategy

Evaluate your work

With each step there is a concise concept outline, tools to aid in the application of the steps, and online references that can add to the material in the outline. Access this guide at www.ieee.org/organizations/eab/tutorials/refguide/mms01.htm.

Lynn Murison
Outreach Administrator
IEEE Educational Activities
L.murison@ieee.org