INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN THEORY

 

Instructional design is a technology for the development of learning experiences and environments which promote the acquisition of specific knowledge and skill by students.

 

Instructional design is a technology which incorporates known and verified learning strategies into instructional experiences which make the acquisition of knowledge and skill more efficient, effective, and appealing.

 

While instruction takes place in a larger organizational context, the technology of instructional design is concerned only with the development of learning experiences and environments, not with the broader concerns of systemic change, organizational behavior, performance support, and other human resource problems.

 

Instruction involves directing students to appropriate learning activities; guiding students to appropriate knowledge; helping students rehearse, encode, and process information; monitoring student performance; and providing feedback as to the appropriateness of the student’s learning activities and practice performance. Instructional design is the technology of creating learning experiences and learning environments which promote these instructional activities. 

 

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 Merrill, M. D.; Drake, L.; Lacy, M. J.; Pratt, J. (1996). "Reclaiming instructional design". Educational Technology 36 (5): 5–7.