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LDT Portfolio Overview

Competencies, Badges and Requirements

The LDT Competencies have 4 Supra-Badges. Each Supra-Badge has several sub-badges. Each sub-badge is composed of a variety of challenges.

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Supra-Badge 1

  • Sub-Badge 1: ID Professional Communicator

    • ​Challenge 1: Solicit, accept, and provide constructive feedback. ​

    • Challenge 2: Write & edit messages that are clear, concise, and grammatically correct. 

  • Sub-Badge 2: Applying ID Research and Theory

    • Challenge 3: ​Explain key concepts and principles in the field of Instructional Design.

  • Sub-Badge 3: ID Knowledge, Skills & Attitudes 

    • Challenge 4: Acquire & apply new technology skills in instructional design. 

  • Sub-Badge 4: Ethical, Legal, and Political Implications of Design

    • ​Challenge 5: Comply with organizational and professional codes of ethics. ​

Supra-Badge 2

  • Sub-badge 1: Gap Analysis

    • Challenge 1:  Conducting a gap analysis to describe the nature of a learning or performance problem and propose a potential instructional and/or non-instructional solution and strategies.​

  • Sub-badge 2: ​Target Population &  Environment

    • Challenge 2: Determine characteristics of a target population and/or environment that may impact the design and delivery of instruction.

  • Sub-badge 3: Analysis Techniques for Instruction​

    • ​Challenge 3: Determine subordinate & prerequisite skills & knowledge. 

    • Challenge 4: Use appropriate techniques to analyze various types and sources to validate content.

  • Sub-badge 4: Analyze Technologies​

    • Challenge 5: Analyze the characteristics of existing and emerging technologies and their potential use.​

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Supra-Badge 3

  • Sub-badge 1: Instructional Design & Development Process

    • Challenge 1: Select or create an instructional design process based on the nature of the project.​ 

  • Sub-badge 2: Systematic Design​

    • Challenge 2: Identify and Sequence Instructional Goals.​

  • Sub-badge 3: Design Instructional Interventions​

    • Challenge 3 (option A): Identify instructional strategies that align with instructional goals & anticipated learning outcomes. 

    • Challenge 4 (option C) : Apply appropriate interaction design & interactive learning principles. 

  • Sub-badge 4: Select or Modify Existing Instructional Material​

    • Challenge 5: ​Identify and select existing materials that support the content analyses proposed technologies, delivery methods, and instructional strategies.​

  • Sub-badge 5: Develop Instructional Materials​

    • Challenge 6: Produce instructional materials in a variety of delivery formats.​

  • Sub-badge 6: Design Learning Assessment​

    • Challenge 7: Identify the learning processes and outcomes to be measured.​

Supra-Badge 4

  • Sub-badge 1: Evaluate Instructional and Non-Instructional Interventions: 

    • Challenge 1: Implement formative evaluation plans.​

  • Sub-badge 2:  Design a Plan for Dissemination & Diffusion of Instructional and/or Non-Instructional Interventions

    • Challenge 2: Create a vision of change that aligns learning and performance goals with organizational goals.​

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