We, instructional designers, have a lot to learn from fiction. As kids, most of us were taught to shun fiction as a useless hobby/pursuit, and while I am not totally against the argument, I believe that, as adults who work in the field of instructional design, we would do well to read some fiction.
In this post, we’ll see how some important principles of ID (such as the schema theory and the ARCS model) are reflected in fiction.
Fourteen links that discuss several key instructional design concepts such as Bloom’s and Krathwohl’s Taxonomies, Merrill’s First Principles, John Sweller’s Cognitive Load theory, Miller’ rule, the ARCS model, constructivism, novice vs, expert, learning objectives, action verbs, audience analysis, and more.
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