What do you understand about instructional design from what you have read so far? What model will you present for class? Why? What interests you about it?
The idea of instructional design is becoming clearer to me while following the lectures and reading for the class.
First, instructional design provides the means through which institutions could profitable development of their human capacity (Piskurich, 2006). This has always been a goal inspired effort which leads to the following questions from a learning perspective:
- What will the trainees accomplish
- Which method best facilitates the learning
The focus of Instructional design is behavioral outcomes.
By definitions, ID is a process of helping creating training in an effective and efficient manner, and this is achieved by asking the right questions.
Some useful principles for instructional design is to know your audience. This leads to the analysis of the target audience as well as the ways to deliver the training. These include:
- Classroom training
- On-the-job training
- Self-instruction
- Technology-based training
Having identified the delivery methods, the designer has to create engaging and relevant lessons for delivery, which is subject to the following evaluation questions:
- Did the learning objectives align with the instructional process
- Was the content over your head or too basic
- Wat the content relevant to the learner experience
Instructional design therefore is seen as both an Art and a Science. This follows a set of rules for creating training.
The instructional designer develops or follows a prefunded model for designing instruction. The popular model is the ADDIE model.
A designer may not necessarily be an expert in subject area, but is responsible for putting the training together for instructors, trainers or facilitators.
For the class, the instructional model of interest will be Spiderweb model of the ADDIE schema. I have chosen this model because it is similar to the ADDIE model, but with interacting and interrelated components. This presents ADDIE in a cyclic and networked model which could inform design and redesign of instruction for formative and desirable summative evaluation.
Piskurich, G. M (2006). Rapid Instructional Design: Learning ID Fast and Right. Wiley, CA