Foundations I – WGU 2025/2026 Exam
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Purpose of instructional design - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Build upon learners' existing
knowledge through planned, ordered steps
3 phases of human-centered design - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔inspiration, ideation,
implementation
What is human-centered design? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Approach that starts with the
people you are designing for and ends with solutions that are designed to suit their
needs
Instructional Design - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The development of well-structured
instructional materials using learning objectives, focused teaching strategies, and
feedback and evaluation - based on what the audience needs to learn
, Learning Experience Design - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Making learning experiences
relevant and meaningful through human-centered approaches
User Experience Design - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The process of enhancing user
satisfaction by improving the usability, accessibility, and pleasure provided in the
interaction between the user and the product
How is Learning Experience Design different from traditional Instruction Design?
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔LxD focuses on visual appeal of materials, ID focuses on
creating content for learning
Human-centered design: Inspiration Phase - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Get to know the
audience and define the problem
Human-centered design: Ideation Phase - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Brainstorm ways to
solve the problem
Human-centered design: Implementation Phase - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Prototype and
test ideas
Which design method includes empathizing with the target audience as an essential
step in the process? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Learning Experience Design