Instructional Design offers teachers a number of advantages and disadvantages. Instructional design can provide a framework and allow the coordination of assessment, objectives and teaching. However, instructional design can be limited by weak learning objectives, and potentially supersede real concerns over learning. Despite these disadvantages, instructional design is a valuable teaching tool.
Instructional design can be defined as "is the analysis of learning needs and systematic development of instruction. Instructional design models typically specify a method, that if followed will facilitate the transfer of knowledge, skills and attitude to the recipient or acquirer of the instruction" (Wikipedia). While instructive, this definition does little to reveal the true nature...
A simpler definition may be of instructional design as "the systematic process of translating general principles of learning and instruction into plans for instructional materials and learning" (McNeil).
Cognitive learning theory provides the largest single influence on instructional design in today's educational environment (McGriff). Overall, cognitive theories have an emphasis on the learner, and focus on the cognitive processes and representations that occur within the learner (Smith and Ragan).
Instructional design has a number of advantages, including providing a framework for creating learning plans, creating coordination between designers and teachers, and allows for the designer to coordinate objectives, activities…
References
McGriff, Steven J. ISD Knowledge Base / "Theoretical" Introduction. Last Update: 10/27/2001. 26 June 2004. http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/s/j/sjm256/portfolio/kbase/Theories&Models/theoryintro.html
Smith, P.L., & Ragan, T. (1999). Instructional design. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
McNeil, Sarah. 20004. What is Instructional Design? CUIN 6373, Instructional Design. College of Education, University of Houston. 26 June 2004. http://www.coe.uh.edu/courses/cuin6373/whatisid.html#definitions
Rieber, Lloyd. Introduction to Instructional Design. 26 June 2004. http://www.arches.uga.edu/~lrieber/edit6170/ppt/intro_to_ID-rieber.ppt
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