Course Title: Learning Materials Design and Development
Course Code: LMD
Unit Standard ID: 123394
Unit Standard Title: Plan a learning programme
NQF
Level: 5
Credits: 10

Unit Standard ID: 123401
Unit Standard Title: Design outcomes-based learning
programmes
NQF
Level: 6
Credits: 15

Duration: 3 Days
About the Programme
This programme is based on the SAQA-registered Design and
Develop Unit Standards (123394 and 123401). The programme is
suitable for educators and trainers.
Those who achieve these unit standards will be able to develop
and design outcomes-based learning programmes.
Content
Module 1: Planning and Preparing for the Development
phase
- Identifying an instructional system
- Selecting your system
- Approaches to design
- What is quality planning
Module 2: Developing learning activities and selecting
learning techniques
- Introduction to developing learning activities
- Selecting appropriate learning techniques
- Principles of learning
- Neurolinguistic programming
- Cognitive theory and domain selection
- Matching interventions to the domains of learning
- Matching techniques to desired behavioural outcomes
Module 3: Developing learning guides
- Introduction
- What are learning guides
- How to make the most of existing resources
Module 4: Piloting and evaluating learning
interventions
- Introduction
- Guidelines for deciding on evaluation methods
Module 5: Translating standards to draft learning
outcomes
- Introduction
- Translating standards into learning outcomes
- A format for presenting learning outcomes
- Essential ingredients of a learning outcome statement
Module 6: Learning activities and learning resources
- Introduction
- The learning activities
- Types of learning activities
- Self assessment questions and answers
- Guidelines for writing self assessment questions
Module 7: Principles of learning
- Introduction
- How does a person learn?
- Learning Principles and Concepts
- Applying learning principles