Designers for Learning
A unique aspect of this course is that it was designed and is being facilitated by an all volunteer team with Designers for Learning, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit incorporated in the United States. Designers for Learning’s mission is to coordinate volunteer service-learning opportunities with those who seek to gain experience creating instruction and other types of performance improvement solutions for nonprofits and other social causes.
The Volunteer Team for this Course
Starting in the fall of 2015, a team of volunteers spent 20 weeks designing and developing this course. Another team is volunteering for 12 weeks as your course facilitators. You will meet many of these volunteers in course videos, and in the discussion forums. The team of volunteers includes professional instructional designers and adult educators with years of subject matter experience. For more information about the design team, the subject matter experts, and our design process, please visit our website where you will find:
- A team roster of our volunteer designers, subject matter experts, and the course facilitators
- Webcast recordings of our design meetings
- Design updates about this course as it was being designed and developed
By the end of this course, these professional educators and instructional designers will have volunteered over 1,000 hours of their time to design and facilitate this service-learning experience. As broken down in the table below, a conservative estimate of the professional services donated by the volunteers who designed and are facilitating this course exceeds $50,000. We thank them for their volunteer service!
| Estimated Volunteer Hours |
Rate* | Donated Professional Services |
Assumptions / |
|
| Design & Development of Course |
400 | 50 | $20,000 | 20 hours per week x 20 weeks |
| Subject Matter Expert – Design Support | 40 | 50 | $2,000 | 2 hours per week x 20 weeks |
| Subject Matter Expert – Facilitation Support | 60 | 50 | $3,000 | 5 hours per week x 12 weeks |
| Course Facilitation |
360 | 50 | $18,000 | 30 hours per week x 12 weeks |
| Project Management & Oversight | 160 | 50 | $8,000 | 5 hours per week x 32 weeks |
| Donated Services | 1,020 | $51,000 |
* $50 per hour is conservative (low end of market rates) for these professional services.