For many years now, educators and instructional designers alike have used the ADDIE Instructional Design (ID) method as a framework in designing and developing educational and training programs. “ADDIE” stands for Analyze, Design,…
What is instructional design? Instructional design can be defined as the creation of instructional materials, modules or lessons. The instructional design process consists of determining the needs of the learners, defining the end…
Professionals with an educational technology degree have the option of working in academic, business, non-profit, and government organizations. How to find educational technology and instructional design jobs So what jobs are available? Here…
Do you want to build and teach your own online course? This is a high-level summary of the tasks and steps involved in creating and delivering a well-designed online course. Please note that creating…
This is a list of the very best free, and/or open source learning management systems (LMS). A LMS is an essential tool for professionals, trainers and teachers to create online courses. These systems can…
Open Educational Resources (OER) are open-license materials (freely accessible) that can be used for teaching and learning. OER can be defined as: “teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or…
What is instructional technology? What is instructional design? Are the term Instructional Technology and Educational Technology considered synonymous? Instructional technology is the branch of education concerned with the scientific study of instructional design and development. The…
What is Instructional Design The Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) defines instructional design as “the theory and practice of design, development, utilization, management, and evaluation of processes and resources for learning”…
The effectiveness of the Gerlach & Ely model of instruction, first introduced in 1971, has proven its value in the intervening decades. Designed by Vernom S. Gerlach and Donald P. Ely, this model…
The Kirkpatrick Model is probably the best known model for analyzing and evaluating the results of training and educational programs. It takes into account any style of training, both informal or formal, to determine…
