Barry O. Williams Penn State Capital College Intro to ID Barry O. Williams Penn State Capital College 8/22/2019

Topics to be Covered History of instruction design Definition of instructional design Generic instructional design approach Contributions by other disciplines The standard for training 8/22/2019

History of Instructional Design (part 1) Before the 1920’s: Birth of empirical knowledge base in education The 1920’s: Educational objectives and individualized instruction The 1930’s: Behavioral objectives & formative evaluation The 1940’s: Instructional media & research & development 8/22/2019

History of Instructional Design (part 2) The 1950’s: Programmed instruction and task analysis The 1960’s: Instructional systems development The 1970’s: ID models & Maturation The 1980’s: Microcomputers & performance technology 8/22/2019

Definition of instructional design As a process: “Systemic development of instructional specifications using learning and instructional theory to ensure quality of instruction.” As a discipline: “An area of study concerned with research and theory about specifications for instruction and the processes for developing those specifications.” 8/22/2019

Generic instructional approach “Addie” Analyze Design Develop Implement Evaluate 8/22/2019

Contributions by other disciplines Psychology Communications Education Computer Science 8/22/2019