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Designing Effective Instruction
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Designing Effective Instructionby Gary R. Morrison, Steven M. Ross, and Jerrold E. Kemp
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful: A Nicely Updated Resource for New Instructional Designers, October 7, 2003 Reviewer:Dr. Eugene Kowch (Calgary, Alberta, Canada - University of Calgary ET Program) - This time-tested resource has been updated to include reference to current paradigmatic trends and issues in the field of instructional design, and current "Expert Edge" inserts offer new instructional designers the experience of small cases of interest in practice today. The authors are recognized in the field of educational technology, and there are many inserts from the leaders in field and design practice in the text to provide instructors and learners with contextual examples of design issues. By using a non-linear design model as a vehicle from which learners can generate an understanding of the systems approach to design, constructivist instructors and learners can create their own understanding of the design process. The business context of the work might distract some, but a closer look reveals many principles of good design that apply to any systematic or recursive design approach to a cognitive learning design process. It would be great to see topics on the leadership of instruction design in the organizational sense added as a chapter to this book, or to see the book integrate with web based information for use in online graduate programs, but the reference is already pretty substantial, in a good way. I intend to use this book in both my online and face to face graduate courses on instructional design - and I think I will use some of it with my undergraduate teacher preparation and education leadership students, as it is a great resource to introduce the instructional design process and roles to administrators in the knowledge era. In my opinion, this book remains helpful as a good part of a quality, updated resource for online graduate course work targeted primarily for beginning instructional designers. An innovative conceptual framework is offered by these authors, one that allows the instructor and student to choose their approach to this exciting field of study in times when good design is essential to cost effective, meaningful training and learning in both the public and private sector.
Book Description
This valuable resource provides instructional designers with the guidance they need to meet the challenge of creating effective and efficient instruction, Designing Effective Instruction:
- Maintains an appropriate balance between theory and applications.
- Presents an eclectic and highly flexible model that can be adapted for use in a variety of settings and situations.
- Gives chapter-opening Getting Started scenarios and questions focus the reader's attention on key points.
- Provides numerous examples based on the authors' experiences in business, higher education, and K-12 education
- Emphasizes the practical application of the instructional design process.
- Contains a sample plan at the end of each primary design chapter.
- Supplies Expert's Edge sections that present real-world insights from practicing instructional designers.
Back Cover Copy
Key Benefit: This exciting text offers a solid rationale and a set of specific procedures for designing instruction. Key Topics: Grounded in current instructional design trends, the latest cognitive psychology research, and constructivism, Designing Effective Instruction establishes a foundation for systematic instructional planning, then presents a ten-element model that combines both behavioral and cognitive philosophies to create a flexible, heuristic framework for designing both traditional classroom and non-traditional, interactive learning programs. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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