Look at the following string of numbers and letters. 82TT9JXDUQNE Does it remind you of something? Yes? What does it remind you of? If you were born in 1982, it’s possible that the first thing that comes to your mind…
Category: Instructional Design Concepts
Concepts (Theories and models) of Instructional Design
The IDEAL – Topic: The Algo-Heuristic Method
The Algo-Heuristic Theory or the Algorithmic – Heuristic Theory defines three types of instructional rules. Descriptive rules – describe what the process is. Prescriptive rules – describe what should be done. Permissive rules – provide alternatives to the prescriptive rules.…
The IDEAL – Topic: Criterion Referenced Instruction (CRI)
Criterion-referenced instruction is built around the premise that a learner should be able to fulfill the criterion of meeting the learning objective. So it focuses upon designing a training program or a course in a way that it enables all…
Comic Strip/Cartoon – Sloth & Froth – Sloth attends an awesome Train-the-Trainer Program, but…
Sloth has returned from an intensive Train-the-Trainer (TTT) program on “How to Design Effective Trainings for a Diverse Audience.” He appears to be a happy, satisfied learner. The question is – is he? ID/Training Terminology Used in the Comic Strip:…
An Instructional Analysis of the Short Story, “When Life Comes a Full Circle.”
Adult Learning Principles and Keller’s ARCS Model of Learner Motivation Before you begin, read the Short Story “When Life Comes a Full Circle”. Adult Learning Principles The three adult learning principles (Please refer Knowles’ Andragogy) that shine bright in the…
The IDEAL – Topic: Constructivism
Constructivism, a theory by Jean Piaget, explains the process of learning as a highly personalized experience, in which a learner forms or constructs one’s own interpretations of any new event, which are based on prior experiences. According to Constructivism, you…