This paper describes a curriculum design model to train research and development personnel under USOE-NIE funding. This design model, called PIC (Process Individualization Curriculum), was chosen for coverting on-campus courses to extra-mural self-instructional courses. The curriculum specialists who work with professors to individualize their…

This self-instructional text presents information on the design and development of curricular materials. Three broad divisions provide a framework for the text. Part I, "Background to Instructional Design," examines the goals of education, psychological bases of instruction, determination of subject matter, and necessary skills in formulating…

Describes a self-instructional curriculum design and development course, based on a process model for individualizing instruction, suitedto the complex subject matter of higher education. The course is designed to train educational research and development personnel, teachers, administrators, and training specialists in the design of instructional…

This process model for individualized curriculum design and development is being used to produce extramural, self-instructional courses at the University of Pittsburgh. The model emphasizes curriculum analysis skills, making it particularly suited to complex subjects. It is an individualized, structured-curriculum model incorporating four…