Instructional Design Resources Design is problem solving.
Recently, user-centered design has been emphasized in design
education. Instructional design involves looking at the needs of
the learner and designing instruction to fit. Learning theories
often play a big role in the design of instruction. The main
theories of learning are behaviorism, cognitivism,
constructivism, and social learning. The ADDIE model has been
the traditional process followed for designing instruction. It
stands for analysis, design, development, implementation and
evaluation. You can read more about these learning theories and
instructional design methods in these resources: - Instructional
Design Models by Martin Ryder from the University of Colorado at
Denver - What is Instructional Design Theory by Peter de Lisle -
Instructional Design and Learning Theory by Brenda Mergel,
University of Saskatchewan - Wikipedia explanation of
instructional design - Book entitled, "Instructional-Design
Theories and Models: A New Paradigm of Instruc