1. INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

2. 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

3. 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

4. ESL Teachers have an advantage…...
Why?

5. 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

6. 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)

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

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

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

10. Resources Web Developer's Virtual Library (for a series of articles)
Yale University's Web Style Guide
Jacob Nielsen's Website
Top Ten Mistakes of Web Design