ADDIE Model of Instructional Designing

In Instructional Designing (ID), models are used to help designers visualize and understand an ID problem. It offers a vehicle or a means to break down a problem into manageable chunks and negotiate the design task.  There are  many ID models , but the basic ID model is that of ADDIE. The ADDIE approach of instructional designing employs five steps or phases:

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Basic Theories of Instructional Designing

With E-learning coming of age, Instructional Designing has grown in leaps and bounds. The growing importance of Instructional Designing has led to many studies in this field, which have brought a variety of learning theories to the field of Instructional Designing.

In this post, let us know the most widely known theories of Instructional Designing:

Behaviorism:

Behaviorism as a learning theory can be dated back to Aristotle. The primary focus of the theory is to study the overt behavior that can be clearly seen and measured. This learning theory aims at shaping the behavioral

E-learning Terms and Definitions

When I made a comeback to e-learning after a gap of 8 years, what I was looking for was a jargon buster – a place where I could find out about the new buzzwords and the latest standards and technologies. Unfortunately, I did not find any such thing. I am therefore putting together a glossary with terms and acronyms that every E-learning professional should know by heart.

1. AICC (Aviation Industry Computer-Based Training Committee)

AICC is an international association of technology-based training professionals. The AICC develops guidelines for development, delivery, and evaluation of CBT, WBT, and related training technologies. Though it was Aviation specific earlier but now is general-purpose.

2. SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model)

Instructional Designing (ID) – Simplified

Instructional Designing (ID) is an important part of E-learning. Although there are tens of hundreds of definitions of ID, they are so often, so heavy with e-learning jargons that a layperson never feels that he has understood the meaning of this term.

This blog post is an attempt to simplify the meaning of Instructional Designing to all and sundry.

Let us understand Instructional Designing by drawing parallels. One parallel that I can think of is a Lesson Plan.  

Take a scenario: