Instructional Design

Course Overview

• Elements of learning, learning theories and behaviourism, cognitivism and constructivism, Piaget ’s development theory • Elaboration theory, Posner and Strike method, Bloom’s taxonomy, Merrill ’s content classification, Gagne ’s categories, conditions and events of learning, Shank ’s theory of instructional design• Instructional design development process • Computers as teaching and learning tools • Apply evidence-based learning science to online course development through instructional design systems such as ADDIE, outcomes-based backwards course design, and more contemporary models, such as SAM (Successive Approximation Model). • Apply learning analytics and how they can be deployed in various contexts in the online instructional design and technology field.

Total Credits	4.0
Type	Theory
Lecture	1.0
Practical	2.0
Half Semester	N
Text Reference	• Allen, Michael W.; Leaving Addie for Sam: An Agile Model for Developing the Best Learning Experiences; ASTD Press (2)• Dirksen, Julie; Design For How People Learn; New Riders; 1 edition (2011)• Forman, George E.; The Child’s Construction of Knowledge: Piaget for Teaching Children; National• Association for the Education of You (1983)• Furth, Hans G.; Wachs, Harry; Thinking Goes to School: Piaget’s Theory in Practice; Oxford University Press (1982)• Gagne, Robert M.; Wager, Walter W.; Golas, Katharine; Keller, John M.; Principles of Instructional Design; Wadsworth Publishing; 5th Edition (2004)• Peters, Dorian; Interface Design for Learning: Design Strategies for Learning Experiences; New Riders; 1 edition (2013)• Reigeluth, Charles M.; Instructional-Design Theories and Models: A New Paradigm of Instructional Theory (Instructional Design Theories & Models); Lea (1999)

About Instructor

Prof. Venkatesh Rajamanickam