Instructional design focuses on instruction and maximizing its effectiveness, while learning design shifts the focus to learning. Learning design considers learner attributes, experiences, and activities. It conceptualizes learning within a course by analyzing the pedagogy, context, and what learners do. The learning design process involves identifying intended learner activities, both during contact time and independent work. Effective task design clarifies the intentions of learning activities and ensures infrastructure supports the tasks. Learning tasks should be problem-centered and activate existing knowledge, while demonstrating and applying new skills and integrating learning. Learning design must avoid pitfalls like insufficient analysis and unclear expectations of learner work.