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Instructional Design for eLearning

Submitted by jmcgonegal on July 23, 2008 - 3:43pm

Great instructional design is at the core of everything we do

At MediaManagers, our instructional designers are well versed in a wide range of instructional design models and select the model most appropriate for each client’s environment, learning objectives, and overall strategy. Some of the models we follow include:

ADDIE

Possibly the best known and most widely used model, ADDIE stands for Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, Evaluate.

Rapid Prototyping

Rapid prototyping involve our writers and media development team working directly with subject matter experts and learners to develop eLearning prototypes in a continuous review/revision cycle. Analysis and design are an on-going, interactive process between subject-matter, objectives, and materials.

Robert Gagné's ID Model

Gagné's approach to instructional design is considered a seminal model that has influenced many other design approaches and particularly the Dick & Carey systems approach. Gagné proposed that events of learning and categories of learning outcomes together provide a framework for an account of learning conditions.

Dick and Carey Model

The Dick and Carey model defines a methodology of breaking instruction down into smaller components (e.g. learning objectives). Instruction is specifically targeted on the skills and knowledge to be taught and supplies the appropriate conditions for the learning of these outcomes.

Minimalism

The Minimalist theory is a framework for the design of instruction, used specifically in developing computer skills training. The theory suggests that (1) all learning tasks should be meaningful and self-contained activities, (2) learners should be given realistic projects as quickly as possible, (3) instruction should permit self-directed reasoning and improvising by increasing the number of active learning activities, (4) training materials and activities should provide for error recognition and recovery and, (5) there should be a close linkage between the training and actual system.

Epathic Instructional Design

5-step process: Observe, capture data, reflect and analyze, brainstorm for solutions, develop prototypes

Kemp, Morrison, and Ross

Nine step instructional design model.

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