History of Instructional Design Questions for Discussion TCO 665 Dr. Codone

History of ID Questions What was the primary cultural proponent of ID? – WWII What was the most important technology affecting audio/visual instruction? – TV What is the progression of names within the field? – Visual instruction, A/V, educational technology, instructional design

What was the most important technology affecting educational technology after the 50’s? – TV What 2 practices formed the core of the ID field? – Use of media for instruction Who was Robert Mager (60’s) and what did he do? – Wrote about learning objectives – Ralph Tyler, Benjamin Bloom History of ID Questions

1960’s – what is the difference between criterion-referenced and norm-referenced testing? – Subject based, population based What major work did Robert Gagne publish? – Conditions of Learning, 5 domains, 9 events Michael Scrivner, 1967 – Formative and summative evaluation History of ID Questions

What ID models began appearing in the 70’s? – ADDIE, Smith & Ragan, Dick & Carey, etc What other field is closely linked to ID? – Performance technology What three learning theories most affect ID today? – Behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism What new directions is the field taking now? – Elearning, distance learning, rapid prototyping, MOOC History of ID Questions