The Center for Development and Continuing Education at the University of Basra organized a lecture on instructional design for the agricultural and veterinary medicine specialization, which is part of the ministerial teaching methods course, to develop the trainees' capabilities in teaching within the university educational environment.

The lecture presented by Dr. Alaa Tariq Abdul Wahid included what is meant by instructional design, what its steps are, its models, levels of instructional design, objectives, conditions for formulating behavioral objectives, categorization of behavioral objectives, levels of cognitive domain, what effective feedback is, formative and summative assessments, blended learning, and elements of effective electronic materials