INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

Instructional Design What is it? Instruction (teaching) and design (premeditated) add the two together and you get something that should facilitate learning; ie make learning easier

Definition Instructional Design is the systematic development of instructional specifications using learning and instructional theory to ensure the quality of instruction. It is the entire process of analysis of learning needs and goals and the development of a delivery system to meet those needs. It includes development of instructional materials and activities; and tryout and evaluation of all instruction and learner activities. (from University of Michigan http://www.umich.edu/~ed626/define.html)

ESL Teachers have an advantage…... Why?

Instructional Design New field little research ‘untrained’ have the title in vogue as a result of the incursion of the Internet into education and training the Internet revolution is informing traditional practice

Aspects (1): Appearance: font type (serif v sans serif), size, colour graphics v text readability (how many screens worth of text?); to print or not to print? Sequence, navigation, pathways bells and whistles? (audio, video, flashing, Flash, animation)

Aspects (2) Activities: level of interaction logical? clear? relevant? purpose? Language level do tasks match content? Disability issues deaf? blind?

Instructional Design Applies at all levels page level sequence of pages course

Models of Instructional Design metaphoric learning environments case studies webquests problem solving

Resources Web Developer's Virtual Library (for a series of articles) http://wdvl.internet.com/Authoring/Design/ Yale University's Web Style Guide http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/contents.html Jacob Nielsen's Website http://www.useit.com/ Top Ten Mistakes of Web Design http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990502.html