CDLA

Certified Digital Learning Architect

Design programs people can perform — not decks they click through.

16 weeks96 learner hours8 modulesPartially open

CDLA program intro

Design programs people can perform

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English motion graphic (720p). Arabic render follows the same storyboard.

Some modules are live now; the rest are on the roadmap. You can earn module certificates for every open module and a program certificate when all open modules are complete.

Weeks and hours describe the designed full program, including modules still in production — not only what is open today.

Instructional designers, learning-experience designers, academy curriculum leads.

Capstone: A digital-learning blueprint plus a 40-minute prototype with SME pack, assessment map, and bilingual storyboard.

Grounded in Cathy Moore action mapping, Gilbert’s Behavior Engineering Model, Merrill’s First Principles (later modules), Clark & Mayer multimedia research, and ATD capability gaps.

Program modules

Complete modules in order — each gate at 80%.

  1. Open now13 lessons · ~3.7 hours of lesson time

    Module 1 — Performance consulting and action mapping

    Stop starting with “we need a course.” Frame adults, diagnose the performance problem, write a measurable business goal, and map actions before content.

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    1. The training-first trap18 min
    2. Design for adults, or they will resist16 min
    3. Gilbert's six cells before you train22 min
    4. Video: Diagnose before you design4 min
    5. Action mapping in four steps20 min
    6. Video: Action mapping in four steps4 min
    7. Write a goal you can design against18 min
    8. Actions you could watch16 min
    9. Practice before content18 min
    10. Minimum information, maximum use16 min
    11. Studio practice: map it before you write it18 min
    12. Advanced: cognitive task analysis, the decisions experts cannot tell you24 min
    13. Module gate — prove the practice24 minModule gate
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  2. Open now11 lessons · ~2.8 hours of lesson time

    Module 2 — Learning science for digital media

    Cognitive load, multimedia principles (Clark & Mayer / Mayer 2017), retrieval practice, Merrill, scaffolding fade / expertise reversal — cited, not slogans.

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    1. Three loads, one working memory18 min
    2. Words and graphics, when both earn their place16 min
    3. Cut the extra: coherence and redundancy18 min
    4. Video: Cognitive load and the multimedia principles4 min
    5. Put cues where the eyes go16 min
    6. Pace the essential processing22 min
    7. Retrieval beats rereading18 min
    8. Merrill's first principles as a studio checklist18 min
    9. Advanced: spacing, interleaving and the illusion of fluency22 min
    10. Video: Retrieval, spacing and the illusion of fluency4 min
    11. Module gate — learning science24 minModule gate
    Enter this module
  3. Open now10 lessons · ~2.8 hours of lesson time

    Module 3 — Outcomes and authentic assessment

    Backward design, LTEM evidence tiers (Kirkpatrick as executive translation working backward), authentic tasks, and formative vs summative — before you storyboard another quiz bank.

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    1. Completion is not competence18 min
    2. Backward design: outcomes before outlines18 min
    3. Authentic tasks, not trivia18 min
    4. Formative practice and summative gates16 min
    5. Video: From action to evidence3 min
    6. Build an assessment map22 min
    7. The evaluating-impact gap16 min
    8. Advanced: writing items that measure judgment, and pass marks you can defend24 min
    9. Video: Items that measure judgment, and pass marks you can defend3 min
    10. Module gate — outcomes and assessment24 minModule gate
    Enter this module
  4. Open now10 lessons · ~3 hours of lesson time

    Module 4 — Pathway and blend architecture

    Curriculum maps, blends, microlearning vs chunking, and prerequisites — when to push, pull, and practice on the job.

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    1. Push, pull and practice on the job18 min
    2. Microlearning is not chunking20 min
    3. Curriculum map, not course list18 min
    4. Blend archetypes that ship16 min
    5. Stakeholder pushback on pathways18 min
    6. Draft a pathway row16 min
    7. Unlock rules that earn the next step16 min
    8. Advanced: whole-task sequencing for complex skills (4C/ID)24 min
    9. Module gate — pathway architecture24 minModule gate
    Enter this module
  5. Open now7 lessons · ~2.1 hours of lesson time

    Module 5 — Interaction design for transfer

    Scenarios, branching, and practice that rehearses decisions — not topic coverage.

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    1. Transfer, not topic coverage18 min
    2. The scenario stack18 min
    3. Practice loops architects specify18 min
    4. Branch maps for architects20 min
    5. Honest transfer claims16 min
    6. Advanced: designing what happens after the course22 min
    7. Module gate — interaction for transfer24 minModule gate
    Enter this module
  6. Curriculum preview1 video lesson · module still being written

    Module 6 — Inclusive, Arabic, and RTL-first design

    UDL constraints, Arabic typography, and bilingual storyboards as design requirements.

  7. ComingComing next

    Module 7 — Content ops and governance for architects

    Versioning, SME workflows, reuse libraries, AI-as-multiplier judgment gates (vague brief → TNA, grounded synthesis, human owns preferred path & sign-off, ethics/privacy), and who owns the assessment map.

  8. ComingCapstone — coming

    Module 8 — Capstone studio

    Blueprint, prototype module, SME pack, and bilingual storyboard — assessed as a portfolio.

Preview video lessons

One motion-graphic lesson for a module that is still being written.

Inclusive by design: UDL 3.0 as constraints, not a poster

Module 6 is still being written. This lesson turns the three UDL principles into acceptance criteria.

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Academy FAQ

  • Is Innovito Digital Learning Academy free?

    Yes. Creating an account, taking live lessons, sitting module gates, and issuing Innovito certificates of mastery are free. There is no tuition.

  • Who is this program for?

    Instructional designers, learning-experience designers, academy curriculum leads.

  • Which modules are open in this program?

    Module 1 — Performance consulting and action mapping; Module 2 — Learning science for digital media; Module 3 — Outcomes and authentic assessment; Module 4 — Pathway and blend architecture; Module 5 — Interaction design for transfer. Remaining modules are on the roadmap.

  • Is the academy available in Arabic?

    Yes. Live lessons are bilingual Arabic and English. Use the language switcher in the header. Your certificate uses the name on your academy profile.

  • Are Innovito Academy certificates the same as ATD APTD or CPTD?

    No. Innovito Academy issues its own program certificates of mastery when you pass module gates. They do not replace ATD APTD/CPTD, CIPD, or university degrees.

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