Organizational Learning, Innovation, and Development Courses | 2024-2025 Graduate Catalog | SIU

Overview of needs assessment and analysis procedures used in workforce education environments. Learners will design and develop needs assessment instruments, collect and diagnose data to identify those workplace performance issues requiring training solutions, and develop a formal report detailing needs assessment findings and training solution recommendations. Restricted to OLID majors or consent of program.

Credit Hours: 3

Examination of the historical, social, economic and psychological foundations of workforce education. Nature and role of education and training in preparing people for the world of work. Restricted to OLID majors or consent of program.

Credit Hours: 3

Attention given to the following areas: overcoming barriers to the linkage process; developing effective lines of communication; resource sharing; conducting joint problem solving with other agencies and individuals within the community; and jointly developing and providing programs and services. Restricted to OLID majors or consent of program.

Credit Hours: 3

Introduction to cooperative education including history, rational, legislation, goals and objectives. Programming, public relations and evaluation of cooperative education. Introduction of student selection and management of cooperative education programs. Fulfills three semester hours of six required for State of Illinois certification. Restricted to OLID majors or consent of program.

Credit Hours: 3

Competencies required for coordination of cooperative education programs. Selection and maintenance of training stations, student placement, related instruction and program management. Fulfills the remaining three semester hours required for State of Illinois Certification. Restricted to OLID majors or consent of program.

Credit Hours: 3

Investigation of problems in workforce education and development. Restricted to OLID majors and consent of program. Special approval needed from the instructor.

Credit Hours: 1-6

Inducts students into the profession and community of practice by providing an overview, historical development, and professional organizations of the fields of Instructional Design & Technology, Human Performance Technology, and Learning Engineering. Includes performance problem identification, distinction between skill/knowledge deficits and other performance problems, model of expertise, rationale for instructional solutions, trends and issues, and research directions in the fields.

Credit Hours: 3

Investigates online learning in both higher education and corporate training contexts. The course draws upon the tradition of distance education in covering the design, delivery, and evaluation of online and blended learning in higher education, corporations and organizations.

Credit Hours: 3

An introduction to the evaluation, design, and development of interactive instructional media. The instructional methods of Tutorial, Drill and Practice, Simulation and Educational Games are covered. Learning theories and design aesthetics are included. Projects include designing, developing, and use-testing an interactive media for learning.

Credit Hours: 3

This course surveys the foundation and principles of Universal Design. It further explores the use of learning and performance technologies to create accessible learning environments in diverse contexts.

Credit Hours: 3

This is an integrated course on the principles and processes of task analysis and app design and development. It covers the fundamentals of task analysis in learning and instruction in diverse contexts and sets up the stage for participants to develop app-based solutions for field experiments and assessments. Restricted to consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

This course focuses on understanding user needs and analyzing user experiences (UX) in diverse learning environments. The principles of design thinking will be discussed and used for innovative approaches to problem solving in various learning and performance situations. Students will be introduced to usability testing and the importance of UX in product/resource development. Includes the creating of mock-ups, test-running learning products (e.g., App and Website) with UX development tools and practice.

Credit Hours: 3

This Capstone course applies theories and methods of instructional design, adult learning, and human performance to solve organizational learning problems. Students will learn to communicate effectively with clients and subject matter experts, to manage projects, and to collaborate with team members in designing and evaluating training initiatives. Restricted to consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

Course covers both Content Management Systems (CMS) and Learning Management Systems (LMS) for remote management and delivery of online media and resources for military, higher education, business and industrial training and learning purposes. Students will setup and manage client-based CMS (e.g., WordPress, Wiki) and LMS for online delivery of learning media resources.

Credit Hours: 3

The "Studio" approach affords students the opportunity to critique one another's creative thinking process. Students contract to learn commercial design tools and creativity suites to create instructional media and resources for online learning and showcase artifacts produced publicly as evidence of their learning.

Credit Hours: 3-6

Instructional designers are often required to evaluate emerging technologies. The "Research Studio" allows students to explore/research the effects of appropriate emerging technologies to enhance learning. Students conduct experiments, collect user data, reflect on the learning experience and report on the effects of the technology. Prerequisite: OLID 508 with a grade of B- or better or consent of instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

This course covers the foundations and methods in collect user-generated data for analytics and performance assessment. Understanding what data is and how to visualize them as analytics for decision-making, performance assessment, and training. Data manipulation involves basic knowledge in quantitative research method, or statistics. Simple programming will be taught in the course.

Credit Hours: 3

This course covers the foundations and trends about games, game mechanics, and gamification in online learning. Students design scripts and create interactive narratives to engage learners in an immersive online story-based learning environment.

Credit Hours: 3

Course focus is on adult development and learning principles. Adult learning styles and motivation to learn are discussed in the context of designing effective instructional strategies appropriate in various workforce education venues.

Credit Hours: 3

Course focus on teaching-learning process, which includes: individual differences, motivation, human development, adult learning theories, teaching methodology, and evaluation.

Credit Hours: 3

Evaluation systems and activities for evaluating training programs. Application of research methods and data analysis in the human resource, performance, and learning/training development process, with concentration on assessing trainee reaction and planned action, learning, skill, business impact and return on training investment.

Credit Hours: 3

This course provides an overview of the major theories as it relates to career choice and development. Emphasis is placed on how to utilize these theories as a foundational platform for meaningful career planning and development within the workforce. Theories, models, techniques, and resources relevant to decision making, and assessment will be discussed.

Credit Hours: 3

Overview of the theoretical frameworks and practices related to human resource development in organization. Students will develop a training program from the initial stage to completion. Topics include how various bodies of knowledge contribute to HRD theory and practice, the application of human resource development within the workplace with regards to: employee socialization and orientation, coaching and performance management, employee wellness and counseling, career management and development, organization development and change, HRD and Diversity. Restricted to OLID graduate students or consent of program.

Credit Hours: 3

This course is designed to provide current and practical information in the area of employment law as it relates to human resources in organizations. To that end, various cases based on actual organizational situations will be examined and the case law utilized to determine actions required of the organization.

Credit Hours: 3

This course provides the organizational leader with the knowledge of critical topics related to strategically developing and implementing effective and efficient human resource practices that support the objectives of the organization. The focus is on human resource decisions made by leaders and managers, which addresses human resource topics including Training and Development, Workforce Planning, and HRD Strategy.

Credit Hours: 3

Examination of current topics and research issues in the field of Human Resource Development not covered in other regularly scheduled courses. Emphasis will be on recent and present issues in the field, with topics and discussions focused on links between research and practice. Restricted to OLID graduate students or consent of program.

Credit Hours: 3

Overview of the theoretical frameworks and practices related to human resource development in organization. Students will develop a training program from the initial stage to completion. Topics include how various bodies of knowledge contribute to HRD theory and practice, the application of human resource development within the workplace with regards to: employee socialization and orientation, coaching and performance management, employee wellness and counseling, career management and development, organization development and change, HRD and Diversity. Restricted to OLID graduate students or consent of program.

Credit Hours: 3

System approach to training development. Includes analyzing occupations, specifying objectives, and developing curriculum. Restricted to OLID graduate students or consent of program.

Credit Hours: 3

Designed for Workforce educational professionals to familiarize them with the models, concepts, and techniques for designing, implementing, and analyzing the results of training needs assessments in organizations. After successfully completing this course, they will design and develop needs assessment instruments, collect and diagnose data to identify those workplace performance issues requiring training solutions, and develop a formal report detailing needs assessment findings and training solution recommendations. Restricted to OLID graduate students or consent of program.

Credit Hours: 3

Instructional methods in occupational training program. Restricted to OLID graduate students or consent of program.

Credit Hours: 3

It offers a conceptual and practical introduction to program evaluation and performance measurement for public and non-profit organizations. The content covers the performance measurement cycle in organizations, which includes: strategic planning and resource allocation; program and policy design; implementation and management; and the assessment and reporting of results.

Credit Hours: 3

Knowledge and application of administration principles and management techniques for developing and evaluating organizational training programs. Restricted to OLID graduate students or consent of program.

Credit Hours: 3

Nature, function, and techniques of administration and supervision of education for work programs at all levels. Restricted to OLID graduate students or consent of program.

Credit Hours: 3

Graduate level seminar that involves the study of special problems and related research associated with practical learning situations. Problems available for critiquing and analyzing are the following: Instructional Technology and Human Performance Technology. Maximum six hours towards a Master's degree. Permission: Special Approval by Instructor.

Credit Hours: 3-6

Selection, investigation and writing of a research topic under the personal supervision of the instructor. Maximum three hours toward a Master's degree. Permission: Special approval by instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

Practical application of advanced theory, professional consultation or attachment, program development implementation and evaluation in federal or learning organizations, centers of learning and research, community colleges, or universities. In addition, may involve reading and research directed to special problems involved in on-site situations. Maximum nine hours toward a Master's degree. Permission: Special approval by instructor.

Credit Hours: 3-9

Culminating experience for Ph.D. or specialist degree students. Students engage in specialized service areas either in their own or a cooperating learning organization or university. Weekly on-campus or on-site seminar will be held with the intern supervisor. Maximum eight hours toward a Ph.D. or specialist degree. Permission: Special approval by instructor.

Credit Hours: 3-8

Critical evaluation of innovative programs and practices. Students will be acquainted with the theories, practice, and methods of implementing new instructional technologies into practices. Maximum of six hours toward a master's degree. Permission: Special approval by instructor.

Credit Hours: 3-6

Directed readings in literature and research. Maximum three hours toward a Master's degree. Permission: Special approval by instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

Selection, investigation and writing of a research topic under the personal supervision of the instructor. Maximum three hours toward a Master's degree. Permission: Special approval by instructor.

Credit Hours: 3

Designed to provide doctoral students the opportunity to discuss trends, issues, and requirement of job application, teaching, research, publication, and professional practice in the field. Restricted to doctoral students in OLID or consent of program.

Credit Hours: 1-3

Restricted to OLID majors or consent of program.

Credit Hours: 3-6

Restricted to OLID majors or consent of program.

Credit Hours: 1-12

For those graduate students who have not finished their degree programs and who are in the process of working on their dissertation, thesis, or research paper. The student must have completed a minimum of 24 hours of dissertation research, or the minimum thesis, or research hours before being eligible to register for this course. Concurrent enrollment in any other course is not permitted. Restricted to OLID majors or consent of program.

Credit Hours: 1

Must be a Postdoctoral Fellow. Concurrent enrollment in any other course is not permitted. Restricted to OLID majors or consent of program.

Credit Hours: 1