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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Instructional Design Foundations and Applications by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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    About the Course

    This course, Instructional Design Foundations, introduces learners to the conceptual and theoretical foundations of instructional design as well
    as the analysis aspect of instructional systems design in order to create an innovative instructional solution to performance problems in
    organizations. This particular course also introduces learners to concepts covered in the Instructional Design MasterTrack Certificate. Upon
    successful completion of this course, you will be able to: ●Describe the major concepts of instructional systems design ●Describe the major
    learning and instructional theories ●Describe the process of instructional design and instructional design models ●Describe v...
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    Top reviews

    JT

    Jul 5, 2020

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    I thoroughly enjoyed this course. It is well taught and well organised. The material provided a thorough overview of the field, and the readings were particularly fascinating and helpful.

    AA

    Sep 29, 2024

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    Was able to upgrade my existing knowledge. Being a part of higher education I knew some concepts. However, never know the organizational structure .This course has brodern my perspective.

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    By Katrina H

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    Apr 6, 2024

    Good foundational course. I gained much knowledge regarding the history of I.D. and the theories that underpin it. The peer review method was frustrating, as I had points deducted with no relevant feedback provided as to why. Formative quizzes contained some information that was not covered in Module(s), and one of the speakers delivered information in a monotone voice that was excruciatingly difficult to listen to. In my opinion, learners would benefit from more hands-on project work graded by actual instructors.

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    By Nora-Lee W

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    Mar 16, 2022

    Useful information, providing concepts, processes, and resources that are relevant. However, for a course on instructional design, it is not very innovative or engaging. This may be a constraint of Coursera format requirements or MOOCs in general but the over-reliance on videos is disappointing and the timeframes for required reading s (10 minutes in week 2, for instance) are somtimes way off. It would have been really valuable to experience great instructional design while learning about its theory.

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    By Maria Y

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    Feb 26, 2021

    This course delivers what it states - it gives you the basics of Instructional Design theories. But does it inspire you? No. Does it make you want to dive into the exciting waters of instructional design? No. Does it get you bored to death? Yes. Does it make you the happiest person in the world when it is finally over? Yes, it does! Nobody takes such seriously sounding course to have fun, yet, I believe, people who are experts in writing instructions should be more inspirational and learner oriented.

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    By Alex D

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    Oct 31, 2022

    There is a distinct feeling of abandonment around this course. There is an item in Week 3 where the same video content has been added twice. The forums indicate that this problem has been pointed out over a year ago and still hasn't been addressed. The content is pretty good, although the quizzes aren't the best organized relative to the content. It also fails to give a good overview of the entire process of Instructional Design, instead focusing on the Analysis phase of a project exclusively.

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    By Canan M K K

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    Jun 4, 2021

    Thank you for this content. I gave three starts because I believe the course is very theory driven with very very little number of examples provided from real life. Either at each step or overall at the end; some real-life examples and case studies would be very helpful. Also; I wish the training itself followed the suggestions it is providing. I believe it could have been a much more engaging and interactive training with right balance of theory, examples and application.

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    By Stephanie R

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    Jun 7, 2022

    This course has some helpful content! I would have liked it to be a bit more interactive and had more assignments rather than the very long and rather complex quizzes. Overall, I feel like I have learned more about client and needs analysis and using my understanding of different learning and cognitive styles to design beneficial and inclusive courses.

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    By Jennifer A A

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    Sep 20, 2022

    Interesting and detailed topic; however needs improvement by:

    - Adding table of content to make modules sequence easier to follow

    - Adding PDF copy of training material

    - Making shorter videos even if this means spreading the course over more than 4 weeks; current videos are very long for an online training with some of them trespassing 23 minutes.

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    By Lindsay L

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    Sep 23, 2024

    After completing this course as well as starting the Introduction to Learning Experience Design (LDX) series here on Coursera, I would recommend checking out the LDX courses instead of, or in addition to, this course. I am finding the LDX courses to be more engaging, and include more resources and readings that I can save for later reference.

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    By Wayne S

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    Sep 13, 2022

    Provides a good foundation in the background and theory of Instructional Design. For a course that is about Instructional Design it does not set a good example of a well designed course. The video lectures are not dynamic or engaging. The questions in the modules at the end of the module are poorly written and could use some revision.

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    By Kokeita M

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    Apr 30, 2020

    This is an efficient, convenient way to learn the Instructional Design Foundations and Applications. However, there is no interaction with any of the instructors. The course offers very little practice or ability to apply what you learn. If you enjoy watching videos and reading, this course is ideal for you!

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    By Jean-Marie B

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    Jan 24, 2022

    The structure of the course is somehow quite strange and the final quizz did not really help me to reinforce my learnings. Globally I learnt concepts and got a global view on the "instruction design" ecosystem, however the invested time versus the new acquired knowledge does not sound optimum .

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    By Eric B

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    Oct 8, 2021

    The course provides good information and is a solid introduction into instructional design. However, some of the lecturers are quite stale and it's hard to keep focus, despite being interested in the topic. If the lessons and lecturers were more engaging, I'd leave a higher rating.

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    By Paige W

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    Jul 12, 2023

    The material was informative, the lectures were interesting and the pace of the class was very good but the quizzes were very poorly written. They were designed for students to fail and retake them multiple times, which was an extremely frustrating experience.

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    By Funda Y

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    Feb 27, 2023

    Even though the topics were instructive and essential, the assessments and the feedback should be improved. Also, it would be great if we could have more in-video questions per sessions.

    There should be a final week focusing on a real-life project (gradable).

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    By Renee A

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    Feb 18, 2019

    This course is packed with information. It can be hard to digest in the format presented. Please note that many of the professors are skilled but have very thick accents and the transcripts are often inadequate to get the point across.

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    By Trisha A

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    Apr 3, 2024

    Would have been better if the peer review is also being monitored. very slow peer review process, usually little to no suggestions on how to improve my output. Most students here barely read the contents of the document.

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    By Kathryn N

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    Apr 3, 2023

    While content was great and instructors were very knowledgeable, the quizzes were poorly written and seemed meant to confuse. For a course about designing good courses, I expected a better grading mechanism.

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    By usha

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    Jun 26, 2020

    Really enjoyed the sessions with Grace especially. This was an interesting course considering that I am a Design Educator. I will be able to implement what I have learned in my teaching skills

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    By Iulia K

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    May 13, 2020

    too much theory., while instructional design is all about practice. The course needs more examples and case studies. Also, the multiple choice tests need improvements

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    By Christina H

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    Apr 30, 2022

    For the quizzes, they kept glitching. I had correct answers one time, and the next time putting the same answers it was marked wrong. This happened frequently.

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    By Weston W

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    Jun 11, 2022

    As a course on instructional design, it is ironic how monotonous and unengaging the delivery of this content is. That said, the content is pretty good.

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    By Staci P

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    Oct 6, 2022

    I wish the assignments were graded and feedback given were from an actual instructor other than just a peer.

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    By Nadiia B

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    May 29, 2020

    Overall, the course has a significant amount of useful information, BUT it is VERY POORLY DESIGNED, which is an unpleasant surprise since the course is about Instructional Design:

    Lectures:

    a) Using many different lecturers deprives the course of consistency because students have to adjust to each lecturer's style of talking and pronunciation.

    b) Switching back and forth from lecturers to PowerPoints does not help to concentrate on the lectures.

    c) Lectures that are longer than 15 minutes are very hard for students to keep their focuson.

    Suggestions: make lectures shorter, have one, two at most, lecturers; have a lecturer view start and end the video, and have narrated PowerPoints in between.

    Assessments:

    a) Quizzes - different numbers of questions in each quiz and time sensitiveness in some quizzes bring chaos in the learning process; students have to guess their instructors' exact thoughts - the Week 4 quiz is especially poorly designed.

    Suggestions: have the same number of questions for each quiz throughout the course; time all or do not do it at all; make the answers clear and easily derivable from course resources.

    b) Written Assignments - grading through peer reviews is a nightmare, heavily based on a subjective point of view.

    Suggestions: remove the grading portion from peer reviews and leave only the feedback comments required.

    Demand Hours:

    a) Weekly demand hours are unbalanced - one week is heavier than another which is not helpful for students to plan their learning time.

    b) Reading rates are ridiculous: 10 minutes are given to read 12 pages of scholarly reading while in reality, it can take about an hour (undergrad - 11 pp/hour, grad - 13pp/hour)

    Suggestions: Balance weekly demand hours and put in feasible reading rates.

    I work as an Instructional Designer in a University, and if this course is well-designed, I would consider taking the suggested MasterTrack. But since this course was designed so poorly, it became an anti-advertisement for me about the University, which offered it, and Coursera platform as a whole.

    The level of frustration I got from taking this course overpowered all of the useful knowledge that I acquired from it. I do not think I am going to take another course neither from the University of Illinois nor on Coursera platform in the near future.

    I rate the course TWO out of FIVE and only for the useful theoretical information that has been presented in videos and readings.

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    By Nicholas T

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    Apr 19, 2023

    Honestly, not the best course. It didn't matter what notes I took or how much I understood the content, the quiz would be significantly different than what they were teaching on the slides, what they were saying in the video lessons or in the readings. I would take the quiz and immediately fail it and have to go back and edit my notes which were basically copy pasted from the lesson and change them to fit the answers of the questions so I could actually, finally, understand everything. On top of that some of the videos were extremely long for what they were trying to actually attempting to teach us. It seemed like they were just spinning their wheels and not getting to the point of what they were talking about. I think the one thing they forgot to do in this whole production is something called...a "script". To be honest, and not to be mean, but this instructional course needs to take an instructional design course. The course didn't flow well at all and felt almost out of order at certain points. The funny thing is I'm just learning about ID and it felt like this course is actually teaching you how NOT to make a course. I really just wanted some kind of certification behind switching my career to instructional design, but I will always look back at my certification as "Learning What Not to Do". I'll be watching some devlin peck videos soon to hopefully whipe away all this confusion.

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    By Bobby K

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    Mar 29, 2023

    Foundations and Applications are fleshed out nicely and is a well rounded general knowledge of Instructional Design course. The submission and reviews for certification are not so well achieved. You will not be able to complete the course until another course learner reviews your coursework. Very few people take this course over a long period of time. There are still people waiting to be reviewed months after submitting coursework.

    Testing is random and arbitrary on the subject content. Many multiple choice questions can have varying number of answers. Results of the testing are never critiqued and you are left not knowing if you selected all the correct answers or are informed of what element of your answer was wrong. When the test will tell you that over 85% of first time test takers fail their first attempt on a test, that should tell you that the testing is not built right. For a course built on Instructional Design content, that seems very amateurish and not conducive of testing a subject well. As an adult taking this course was to better firm up my foundation of knowledge, but because of the way this course tested and required peer reviewed submissions that are going to take months to get reviews, I feel this course was overly gated in knowledge keeping and the information of foundations and applications was minimal for the amount of effort required to gain certification.

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