Instructional design can be very time
consuming when done effectively. I have been involved in trainings and
professional develop sessions that have been presented in an effective manner,
but I have also attended some that have not been very effective. Teachers have
so many job duties to accomplish and so little time that when they attend training,
the professional development needs to be relevant and effective. Taking time to design the trainings using the ADDIE
framework helps instructional designers to create effective instruction.
When I was a teacher, I always enjoyed the
opportunity to create my own lessons. It was much more difficult to create the
activities than to simply copy a worksheet and pass it out to the students to
complete on their own. Unfortunately, because of time restraints, teachers turn
to the worksheet method of instruction. It is so much simpler and certainly faster
to produce a worksheet than developing a lesson yourself, but it’s not very
effective instructional design.
As I have been creating my
instructional design document for this course over the last several weeks, it
has changed forms more than I had anticipated at each submission time. As you
progress in the design process, you often go back and continue to edit previous
ideas such as the understanding of the problem, the performance gap, the format
of the instructional materials, and how the activities will support the goals
and objectives that have been identified. Making everything cohesive and
relevant to one another takes much planning and an open mind to realizing that
the instructional design is dynamic in nature and can always be revised and
tweaked for continuous improvement.
My project that I am working on for my
client is an online format and is based on the idea of “flipped” instruction.
In the future, there will be a greater demand for instruction to be created in
this format. However, I find it even more difficult and challenging to create
than the face-to-face instructional materials. You must stay abreast of the
latest technology tools, web applications, and web authoring skills, along with
understanding good instructional strategies and the level of rigor each
activity should contain. Currently, Governor Greg Abbott’s, Educating Texan’s
Plan, calls for increased blended learning course offerings, so students can
enroll in classes in which their district can’t afford to offer. With the
increase of high school classes that will be offered online, more quality instructional
designers will be needed.
References
Bichelmeyer, B. (2005). The ADDIE model: A metaphor for the lack
of clarity in the field of IDT.
IDT Record.
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