Instructional design

What is Instructional Design Theory

According to Reighluth (1999: 6-7), Instructional Design-Theory is:

1. design-oriented (focussing on means to attain given goals for learning or development) and
2. identifies methods of instruction (ways to support and facilitate learning) and the situation in which these methods should and should not be used.
3. Methos of instruction can be broken down into more detailed component methods
4. Methods are probabilistic, rather than deterministic...

Instructional Design is related to Learning Theories and Pedagogical Theories.

== What is good "main-stream" Instruction Design ?

This is [Special:DSchneider my] opinion: I don't think that Instructional Designers necessarily have the "whole wisdom" needed for teaching or design of learning environments, learning materials etc. However, as the following example from Merril shows they do provide solid foundations:

References

Reigeluth, C.M. (1999) "What is Instructional-Design Theory and How is it Changing?" in Reigeluth, C.M. (ed.) Instructional-Design Theories and Models, Vol II. A New Paradigm of Instructional Theory, Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum. ISBN 0805828591 Merrill, M. D. (2002). First principles of instruction. Educational Technology Research and Development, 50(3), 43-59. http://cito.byuh.edu/merrill/text/papers/5FirstPrinciples.PDF