The Value of Instructional Design

Christie WoodsEME 6053 Internet in Education

What is Instructional Design?

“The philosophy, methodology, and approach used to deliver information. Some courseware aspects include question strategy, level of interaction, reinforcement, and branching complexity.”

Source: www.neiu.edu

What is the role of instructional design?First, watch this video:

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The role of instructional design is to help make sense of information.

“Instructional design has clear goals & gets your learners focused on the right things.”

Focus learners on smaller, more specific pieces of information (chunking)

Collaborate with others to ensure you’re focusing on the right information

Provide clear guidance to avoid unwanted distractions

“Instructional design provides context and perspective.”

Provide context to ensure learners are focusing on the right thing

Work with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to ensure content is accurate and up-to-date

Cut through the extraneous information to get to the ‘meat’ of the content

“Instructional design compresses the learning process and saves time.”

Ensure that content is dynamic and will engage learners

Don’t make learners search for the important pieces of information

Emphasize why the content is important to learners

“Instructional design engages learners with clear and meaningful content.”

Provide clear instructions for learners Ensure the content is appropriate for the

target audience Consider the learner’s unique characteristics

The EndPresentation based on an article by Tom Kuhlmann

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