The concept of Instructional Design. Models, theories, trends, pitfalls, and anything you need to know, written from our Instructional Design experts.
All jobs require a certain set of talents and skills, whether natural or acquired. But what skills does an instructional designer need in order to be successful and stand out? Check out the following comprehensive list and bear in mind that it can be expanded depending on the course, its scope and the audience.
What does Andragogy mean and which are Knowles’ 5 assumptions of Adult Learners? Are you familiar with Knowles’ 4 Principles Of Andragogy? In the following post I will answer the above questions and provide you with several highly recommended resources on Malcolm Knowles’ Adult Learning Theory.
As Instructional Designers, we often want the courses we design to be perfect. Every student must have an equal experience, our faculty members should be able to do everything with the greatest of ease, and our courses should be the envy of every institution in the world! Well, it rarely works out that way, but that’s ok. In fact, I think as Instructional Designers, it is important to create a space where faculty members, students, and even IDs make mistakes and sometimes fail. Here’s why:
Have you heard the famous expression: "How will you change the world, if you can't change yourself?". Probably, you have, but I want to ask you another question: "How will you motivate other people to learn, if you can't motivate yourself?"
Which Comes First, Activities or Assessments?
Would you be interested in a Compact Instructional Design Review Checklist? What you will say if I was telling you that at this article you will find 12 Free Instructional Design and eLearning Review Checklists!
There are a lot of opinions about how to design quality instruction. New technologies, theories, and processes are continually created and touted as the next greatest thing for instructional designers. And while these new technologies can be powerful, there are a few key instructional strategies that must be implemented to maximize learning effectiveness.
In this article, I will give try to answer the questions "What Instructional Design really is?" and "What Instructional Designers do?", and I will also talk about 3 Instructional Design myths. You constructive feedback will be highly appreciated!
Should their roles be autonomous, identical or interconnected? Experiences vary, but let’s see at what level they actually coincide.
Learning levels, learning domains, reflecting and extending learning, cognitive, perceptual, affective, interpersonal, and psychomotor. Do these words sound familiar or not? What are the levels of learning?
Are you involved in the instructional design field? I am sure that you have used ADDIE. What about SAM? Would you like to broaden your knowledge of the design of training programs? How you will design training and instructional design programs for older adults? What is the relationship between instructional design and online learning?
Since Instructional Design owes much of its theory and practice to the military, it seems only reasonable to use military terms to describe it. Here is a military objective: