This article discusses the state of computer-based simulation, reviews the early phases of ISD, suggests that current ISD approaches are missing critical inputs, and proposes a research and development program. (Author)

What happens when a group of talented, energetic individuals, with diverse backgrounds, values and viewpoints, attempt to collaborate on the development of instructional products? (Author)

Presents three different approaches to detailing instructional design tasks which can be used individually or in combination to help plan, monitor, or evaluate an ID project: (1) list basic tasks using a task analysis procedure, (2) add time dimension, and (3) use a network to show interrelationships among tasks. (VT)

Presents a model which integrates design and hardware attributes for both videotape and videodisc technologies and incorporates a wider range of equipment and presentation/testing strategies than taxonomies dealing with hardware only. Model is designed to aid potential designers/users in categorizing and selecting appropriate hardware/software…

Discussion of the roles of the instructional design specialist (IDS) and the subject matter expert (SME) in designing effective instruction for a training program focuses on the role of the SME. Characteristics of four consulting models are described, and stages of the SME/IDS relationship are summarized. (LRW)

The article describes the nature of path-referenced student assessment (which provides quantitative scales for measuring educational progress linked to validated developmental sequences), its relationship to instructional management, and how path-referenced assessment relates to adaptive measurement systems.(Author/DB)

A prescriptive theory of teaching based upon an information processing model of human functioning is outlined. Based on teaching functions, defined as necessary conditions of learning, a general teaching algorithm is presented and its use demonstrated. (Author/MT)

An instructional strategy is constructed and implemented to develop a BASIC computer program for rule learning. The strategy identifies conditions of the instructional sequence including introduction to familiar vocabulary, designing an advance organizer, presenting the defining rule, providing examples, and learner generation cues. Advantages to…

A theory of instruction can be said to have succeeded when the applied technology it has generated can be used with consistency and is comprehensive and relevant to the range of types of learning and of types of learners with which education must deal. It is only when revision is required simply because the value or levels of appropriately…

Here is a unique and practical reference for anyone who teaches Web searching. Greg Notess shares his own techniques and strategies along with expert tips and advice from a virtual "who's who" of Web search training: Joe Barker, Paul Barron, Phil Bradley, John Ferguson, Alice Fulbright, Ran Hock, Jeff Humphrey, Diane Kovacs, Gary Price, Danny…

In a conceptual-analytical study using a deductive classificatory content analysis method ten constructivist instructional design models were selected, and learning/teaching approaches within each model were appraised. Using the original writings of the originators of each design model, the learning and teaching approaches employed or permitted to…

Some suggestions are presented for teaching statistics. It is helpful to use a framework called backward instructional design, which consists of a series of steps that guide a teacher in constructing effective instruction. The first step in selecting the right pedagogy is to identify essential understandings and skills. Then, assessments that are…

What is the nature of instructional design? Is instructional design merely the practical application of learning theories to learning situations? What elements form the building blocks of instructional design theory and research? What assumptions about the nature of people and society are behind theories, principles, and practice? These questions…

Forty years ago, Robert Gagne published the first edition of his book The Conditions of Learning (1965) in which he proposed nine events of instruction that provide a sequence for organizing a lesson. These events remain the foundation of current instructional design practice (Reiser, 2002; Richey, 2000). They represent desirable conditions in an…