WED 460 Instructional Design Seminar Session 1 Prof. Dan Brown

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2. Instructional design is… The systematic and reflective process of translating principles of learning and instruction into plans for instructional materials, activities, information, resources, and evaluation. ? Smith & Ragan — Instructional Design, 2e.

3. Instructional design is… An emerging profession, focused on creating and maintaining efficient and effective human performance, guided by a model, carried out systematically, based on systems theory, and oriented to finding and applying the most efficient solutions to performance problems ? Rothwell & Kazanas — Mastering the Instructional Design Process

4. Instructional design is… …the systematic process of analyzing, designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating solutions to instructional problems. …the ultimate goal of ISD is to enhance learning through the use of strategies and techniques drawn from the practical application of educational theory and technology.

5. Role for instructional design Systematic process of instructional design enables you to: Identify a performance problem Determine the goals and objectives Define your learners and their needs Develop strategies to meet needs and goals Assess learning outcomes Evaluate if goals, objectives, and needs are met

6. Key Elements of ID Process Learners Methods Objectives Evaluation

7. ADDIE Model Analysis Development Design Implementation Evaluation

8. Dick & Carey Model

9. Kemp Model

10. Components of a problem CURRENT CONDITION (What is happening?) IDEAL STATE (CRITERION) (What should be happening?) POSSIBLE CAUSES (Why does the problem exist?) SYMPTOMS OF CURRENT CONDITION ((WWhaht aaret ’thse tehffeec tds oiff ftheer peronblceem??)) (How will you close the gap?) GAP

11. Role for whom…? P-12 teachers College teachers / professors Instructional designer / corporate or nonprofit Trainers / corporate or non-profit Instructional support staff / academic You…!

12. Instructional problems Are identified by poor human performance or a deficiency in knowledge Can be solved with instruction or training Non-instructional problems can be better addressed with non-instructional solutions…such as?

13. Small group activity What is an instructional problem? Handout (isdprob.pdf) Identify instructional problems Activity 1.1 Assignment 1 Asgnmnt1.pd

14. For example………… Introduction An estimated 20% of the U.S. population has a learning disability ? e.g., dyslexia, auditory processing disorder, attention deficits Graduate students in IT do not receive adequate instruction about how to instruct students with learning disabilities.

15. For example… Current Condition Graduates of SIU-IT department do not know how to instruct adult learners who have learning disabilities. Ideal State (criterion) Graduate students of SIU-IT should be able to design instruction to accommodate learners with learning disabilities.

16. For example… Possible causes LD not addressed in course texts IT instructors not adequately trained LD not a valued topic in IT LD not part of IT curriculum Low or no understanding of LD by students orinstructors

17. For example… Symptoms Misinformation Inadequately prepared graduates who become teachers, trainers Instructors frustrated by LD students LD learners frustrated Unfulfilled SIU-IT mission statement Lowered professional integrity

18. Summary Instructional design is… 4 key elements Models, processes Instructional problem