Category: Instructional Design

It wasn’t long ago that the primary controversy surrounding multimedia instruction revolved around whether the use of multimedia improved instruction or resulted in improved learning outcomes for students. The “no significant difference” argument, while still around, was popular among academics and technicians of instructional design. At the same time,...

With a new school year comes a new set of courses to challenge my thought processes and my ability to organize my life well enough to complete required assignments! Already I’m learning a lot and I’m looking forward to the experiences I’ll have this semester at the University of...

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Since the first publication of the Learning Object Design and Sequencing (LODAS) model of instructional design, the elements of the model have remained relatively abstract and academic. In my review of the literature, I haven’t yet found an instance where LODAS was actually used to design and develop an...

My experience with advanced instructional design was impactful for a couple of reasons. Professionally, it has been many years since I have thought about instructional design theories and models beyond ADDIE, which is ubiquitous in military training. The opportunity to explore other theories and models, and to discuss them...

This is the final blog post for the Educational Systems Theory, Analysis, Planning, and Evaluation course in my Learning Technology doctorate program. First and foremost, this is kind of a mea culpa post. I lost it this summer. I found the topic of systems thinking to be thoroughly fascinating,...

I am still trying to wrap my brain around complexity in systems. I’ve always considered complexity in terms of how many parts interact in a system. Since performing the systems analysis on the issue tracking system at work, I’m seeing that complexity is really more about relationships between things...

My experience with systems analysis for the past four weeks has been enlightening. I’ve worked with systems architects when proposing training systems for the Department of Defense, so I’ve been somewhat familiar with the process. However, our readings and our discussions during the class sessions have allowed me to...

I was interested in the Educational Systems Theory, Analysis, Planning, and Evaluation course because, since I work with systems engineers at Link, I see education and training programs as systems. That is, they have a complexity of interfaces and changes often result in impacts to other elements of the...

I work in the corporate, defense contracted, training industry.  I work for a company that has a long history of learning technology.  My company, Link Training & Simulation, began in the 1920s when Ed Link invented the original flight training device.  Since that time simulation training and other training...