Project Management for Instructional Designers (PM4ID) is – as the name suggests – a book about project management tailored specifically for instructional designers. This book is a revise / remix of a pre-existing, openly licensed project management textbook which was donated to the commons by a benefactor that desires to be attributed as Anonymous. PM4ID includes many new features and improvements to the original book, including: Alignment of book chapters with the PMBOK, which supports readers in preparing for the Project Management Professional certification, A series of video cases of project managers working in the instructional design area, integrated into every chapter, Multiple versions of the book, including HTML, PDF, ePub, Kindle, and a text-to-speech mp3 audio version of the book, New examples written specifically for readers coming from the instructional design perspective, and more.
Type of Material:
Open (Access) Textbook
Recommended Uses:
The book can be used for personal or professional purposes, in any context. It is important to know that the context is instructional design.
Technical Requirements:
PDF reader
Identify Major Learning Goals:
This material is a book aimed at instructional designers. The objective is the teaching of the direction and administration of projects.
Target Student Population:
Instructional designers and those who want to do instructional design
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Knowledge of the instructional design process.
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
The book is an excellent development of the indispensable concepts for the development of indispensable capacities in the instructional design.
Great textbook
Concerns:
None.
The book is based on the standards of the Project Management Institute and its PMBOK Guide. It also applies the standards of the International Standardization Organization of the PMI.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
Excellent free text with a clear structure written by experts.
Concerns:
None
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
Multiple versions of the book, including HTML, PDF, ePub, Kindle, and a text-to-speech mp3 audio version of the book.
It's free, it is easy to read, and it is structured to be read as a text or for personal information.
Creative Commons:
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