INSTRUCTIONA

L DESIGN

Angelu Adlawan UDM-SN

NR-41, GROUP 2

 Instructional

design is the systematic

process by which instructional materials
are designed, developed, and delivered.
The terms instructional design,
instructional technology, learning
experience (LX) design, educational
technology, curriculum design, and
instructional systems design (ISD), are
often used interchangeably.

Below are a few instructional design definitions

from various resources on instructional design,
instructional technology, educational technology,
curriculum design, and instructional systems
design:
Work with Subject Matter Experts to identify
what students need to learn
Develop objectives and ensure content matches
those objectives
Revise and rewrite content to shape it for
learning needs

Structure content and activities for student

learning
Create media to support learning (e.g., visual
aids for face-to-face, various multimedia for elearning and online)
Develop assessments (note that this does not only
mean tests)
Adapt instructional materials created for one
format to another format (usually this is
adapting materials from face-to-face to elearning)

PRINCIPLES OF INSTRUCTIONAL
DESIGN
In subsequent posts Ill be writing in detail how readers
can apply instructional design principles when
developing their own online courses. Below I provide
an overview of the principles that establish a
foundation for course development. Ive summarized
the principles into three phases:

Analyze: Integral to the design process is analyzing the

learners, learning contexts and the purpose for the
instruction. Though this step is often overlooked, this
phase shapes the course. Included in the learner
analysis is examining students skill level [technical
and education], cultural background, attitudes and
motivations for learning.

Another considerationhow will students access

content and instruction, e.g. what platform will
be used [learning context]. Finally instructional
analysis includes identifying the learning
objectives [institution established or student
created] and the purpose of the instruction
e.g.credit, certificate or personal interest, etc.

Develop/Select:This phase is the most time

intensive. Goals for the course are identified and
articulated. Goalsmay be specific or general
depending upon results from the analysis. This
phase includes identifying and selecting content
sources on the web and/or developing new
content, as well as developing an instructional
strategy.

 The instructional strategy includes: selecting

delivery methods or platformsfor
instruction/interaction, developing/selecting
instructional materials/content, selecting the
applications and methods to support group
interaction, selecting or developing tools or
methods for student assessments and course
evaluation.
A critical activity inthis phase is developing
thorough and detailed instructions for
students,ensuring thedelivery platform is userfriendly and that content and information is
presented in a logical and intuitive format.

Implement:This phase is about putting course

into practice with students. Garnering feedback
from students is critical to revising and updating
the initial design of the course. Conducting
formative and summative evaluation is necessary
to modify the course interface, materials, content
and/or instruction, to better meet the needs of
learners. Though revisions and updating to
online courses is an ongoing process, as learning
and teaching are dynamic, always changing and
evolving.

Thank
You!