The Editor of "Educational Broadcasting Review calls for the integration of televised instruction into the total instructional program through the application of systems concepts. (LS)

A comparison of three leading points of view on educational change. (AK)

The authors present a listing, ordered into five skill categories, of training objectives for instructional developers. (AK)

A Brief review of the contributions during the last ten years of programed instruction to education. (AA)

The article presents a five-phase instructional strategy that has been successfully applied in the design of instruction for hearing-impaired youth. The five phases (orientation, presentation, practice, review, and evaluation) transcend content, organization of content, and mode of delivery. (Author)

A learning event design for accountability uses a communications framework. The example given is a slide presentation on the invasion of Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Design components include introduction, objectives, media, involvement plans, motivation, bibliography, recapitulation, involvement sheets, evaluation, stimulus-response…

Describes environment analysis as the part of instructional design's front end analysis that looks at the context in which the instructional product will be used. Physical and use factors of the instructional environment and support environment are considered, and an environment analysis job aid is included. (three references) (LRW)

Presents remarks on constructivism that are based on a discussion in an earlier issue. Topics addressed include the role of theory in the instructional design process; the construction of knowledge; differences between objectivists and constructivists; knowledge representation; entry behaviors and task analysis; and instructional systems…

Proposes an interactive learning model to serve as a psychological foundation for the field of instructional design theory. Topics include complexity theory, cognitive models of learning, cognitive and affective domains, sensory receptors component (memory) and the effects of external stimuli, affects component, cognitive strategies, and knowledge…

Discusses some of the emerging constructivist instructional design models and suggest three guidelines for instructional design that are based on an interpretivist philosophy of science and constructivist theories of learning. Explains recursive (iterative) non-linear design, reflective design, and participatory design. (Contains 72 references.)…

Discuses the relationship between philosophy and learning theory and explores implications for instructional design. Highlights include epistemology and ontology; historical trends in philosophy; philosophy and instructional science; and a philosophically grounded instructional design model. (Contains 51 references.) (Author/LRW)

This essay examines calls for methodological eclecticism based on the "compatibility thesis," arguing that they fail to take seriously the assumptions of method and, in so doing, fail to provide a methodological perspective that adequately incorporates the centrally important task of critically examining the theoretical background of methods and…

In this paper the concepts of technology, instructional technology, and information technology are presented. The integration of instructional technology, and information technology is established and its implications for electronic learning systems design are discussed. One can say that: information and instructional designers can design…

Trainers have long relied on visuals to make their training more effective. This paper explores whether or not graphic design principles, commonly employed by trainers in presentations and Web-based training modules, influence the learning process. A review of the core works in the field of instructional design reveals that most of the principles…