Essay - Instructional Design Offers Teachers a Number of Advantages and Disadvantages....

Instructional Design offers teachers a number of advantages and disadvantages. Instructional design can provide a framework and allow the coordination of assessment, objectives and teaching. However, instructional design can be limited by weak learning objectives, ***** potentially supersede real concerns over *****. Despite these *****, instructional ***** is a valuable teaching tool.

Instructional design can be defined as "***** the analysis of learning needs and systematic development ***** instruction. Instructional ***** models typically specify a method, that if followed will facilitate ***** transfer of knowledge, skills and attitude to the recipient or acquirer of ***** instruction" (Wikipedia). While instructive, this definition does little to reveal the true nature of ***** design. A simpler definition may be of *****al design ***** "the systematic process of translating general principles of learning and instruction into plans for instructional materials and learning" (McNeil).

Cognitive ***** theory *****s the largest single influence on instructi*****al design in today's educational environment (McGr*****f). Overall, cognitive ********** have an emphasis on the learner, *****d focus on the cognitive processes and representations that occur within ***** learner (Smith and Ragan).

***** ***** has a ***** ***** *****dvantages, including providing a ***** for cre*****ting learning plans, creating coordination *****tween designers and teachers, ***** *****s for the designer to coordinate objectives, activities and assessments. There are some limitations to instructional design, however, as when learning goals ***** poorly defined or not defined at all. Further, it is imp*****tant not to confuse learning with building or designing through ***** design (Rieber).

Teachers can use instructional design ***** help define their curricula, from developing learning objectives, to creating activities, to defining *****. As such, ***** design ***** help teachers create an organized, thorough instructional experience.

***** conclusion, ***** design is a ***** instructional *****ol, despite a number of d**********dvantages. Over*****, instructional design can be valuable in providing a fr*****mework to help teachers coordinate assessment, objectives, and teaching strategies.

References

McGriff, Steven J. ISD Knowledge Base / "Theoretical" Introduction. Last Update: 10/27/2001. 26 June 2004. http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/s/j/sjm256/portfolio/kbase/Theories&Models/theoryintro.html

*****, P.L., & Ragan, T. (1999). Instructional *****. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

*****, Sarah. 20004. What is ***** Design? CUIN 6373, Instructional *****. College of Education, University of Hous*****n. ***** June *****. http://www.coe.uh.edu/courses/cuin*****/whatisid.html#*****s

*****, Lloyd. Introduction to Instructional Design. 26 ***** 2004. http://www.arches.uga.edu/~lrieber/edit6170/ppt/intro_*****_ID-rieber.ppt

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