INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN MODELS
Models, like myths and metaphors, help us to make sense of our world. Whether derived from whim or from serious research, a model offers its user a means of comprehending an otherwise incomprehensible problem. An instructional design model gives structure and meaning to an I.D. problem, enabling the would-be designer to negotiate her design task with a semblance of conscious understanding. Models help us to visualize the problem, to break it down into discrete, manageable units.
The value of a specific model is determined within the context of use. Like any other instrument, a model assumes a specific intention of its user. A model should be judged by how it mediates the designer's intention, how well it can share a work load, and how effectively it shifts focus away from itself toward the object of the design activity.
-Martin Ryder
Some Basics
What is design? (Bilton)What is Instructional Design? (Berger and Kam) (Leigh)
History of Instructional Design (Douglas Leigh)
What is Instructional Design Theory?
What is technology? (Bilton) Theory of Technology
What is educational technology? (Rowntree)
What is Instructional Technology? (Wikipedia)
Corollary Sites
See also...
The Models:
  Modern Models (Behaviorist, Cognitivist, Prescriptive Models)
Behaviorism |
Comparitive Summaries
- Behaviorist, Cognitivist, Constructivist (Judith Boettcher)
- Behaviorist, Constructivist (University of Washington, Seattle)
- Behaviorist, Information Processing, Constructivist (Leilani Carbonell)
- Objectivism/Behaviorism Cognitivism/Pragmatism Constructivism/Interpretivism (N. Dabbagh)
See also...
- Front End Analysis
- Constructivism
- InTRO (Harmon, Jones and Surry)
- Instructional Models and Theories (Nada Dabbagh)
- Charles Reigeluth
- The Green Book
- The Yellow Book
- Conway (1997) Educational Technology's Effect on Models of Instruction
- Fauser, Henry, and Norman (2006) Comparison of Alternativve Instructional Design Models.
- Great Ideas in Education (Sebastian Foti)
- Teaching and Learning with Internet Tools ID models overview from Daniel Schneider (University of Geneva)
- Greg Kearsley Theory Into Practice (TIP) Database (Descriptions of 48 theories related to learning and instruction)
SOURCES AND REFERENCES
This document was written by Martin Ryder, University of Colorado at Denver School of Education. The original document is updated regularly and is available for free by following this link |