Models of Instruction
Course Description
In this course you’ll get an overview of the field of instruction, and instructional design. It may surprise you that instructional design is a relatively new area of specialization, having been formalized as a discipline only during the latter part of the 20th century. Instructional design has become a diverse, multifaceted discipline the impact and use of which is becoming more and more widespread. We provide a strong foundation that you can use to design effective learning experiences. Although we cover several rather complex models in this course, we keep it simple and provide the “need-to-know” information that you can immediately apply.
Who Should Participate
Performance Technologists, Instructional Designers, Trainers, Training and Human Resource Managers, Subject Matter Experts, as well as Educational and Instructional Technologists
Content
- Instructional Design — We define the term, and then give you the interesting history of the field over the past eighty or so years. We think you’ll agree that instructional design has come a long way, baby!
- Taxonomy of Educational Objectives — Benjamin Bloom is a patron saint of objectives. He helped to put them on the map in 1956 with his groundbreaking book on levels of learning. Bloom set out to achieve a modest goal: to provide a practical tool that was based on what was understood at the time about the thinking process. Little did he know that his work would still be a gold standard a half century later.
- Conditions of Learning — Robert Gagne followed on the heels of Bloom with his own ideas about learning processes, conditions, and events that will add some real gems to your toolkit as an instructional designer.
- Component Display Theory — In this model, David Merrill, using Gagne’s ideas as a foundation, came up with a system that is probably still the most detailed theory on how to teach a single idea or concept.
- Summary and Assessment — We wrap up and give you a chance to demonstrate your knowledge.
Performance Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Define instruction and instructional design.
- Identify key individuals and events that have influenced the evolution of instructional design.
- Describe three models for classifying learning outcomes to determine optimal conditions for and ways to sequence instruction.
- Explain the significance of instructional models to the instructional design process.
- Locate available resources for learning theory and instructional models.
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