Instructional Design: Learning Theories, Models, and Motivation

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What is instructional design?

The systematic practice of designing, developing, and delivering learning experiences and materials to help learners achieve intended outcomes.

What are the three broad activities in instructional design?

Determine learners' current state and needs, define the intended goal, and create an intervention to help learners reach that goal.

How do behaviorism and constructivism differ as design lenses?

Behaviorism emphasizes observable behavior, practice, and reinforcement; constructivism emphasizes learners actively building understanding from experience and prior knowledge.

What is formative evaluation?

Trying out instructional materials during development, using evidence from learners to identify problems and revise the materials before final use.

Why did military training influence instructional design?

It encouraged systematic analysis, design, and evaluation of training as a whole, including learner abilities, instructional materials, and context.

Quiz questions

1. What does ADDIE stand for?Answer: Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate.
2. In Keller's ARCS model, what does Relevance mean?Answer: Connecting learning to learners' goals, experiences, or needs.
3. In Gagné's sequence of instructional events, what follows providing learning guidance?Answer: Eliciting performance so learners demonstrate what they are learning.
4. In the revised Bloom's Taxonomy, what kind of thinking is associated with Evaluate?Answer: Making judgments using criteria.
5. What is central to the Dick and Carey Systems Approach Model?Answer: Instructional components are interconnected and can affect one another.