WWW RESOURCES
 
 

• Definitions of Instructional Design
• What is Instructional Design?
• Instructional Design
• Instructional Design Resources (Learning Technology and Distance Education)
• Introduction to Instructional Models: ID Papers and News
• Instructional Design Models

The University of Colorado at Denver, School of Education provides links to sites on behaviorism and instructional technology. There is also an abstract on the evolution of instructional design and information on constructivism and learning theories.
• Instructional Design Reference Page (books)
• Instructional Systems Design

• Task Analysis
• Task Analysis
• Elements of Task Analysis
• Concept Mapping
• Concept Mapping
• Concept Mapping and Other Formalisms as Mindtools for Representing Knowledge
• Concept Mapping Homepage
• Concept Maps as Hypermedia Components
• Stating Performance Objectives
• Selected Powerpoint Slides For Writing Cognitive Objectives
• Developing Instructional Objectives
• Writing Learning Objectives, It's a Kick
• Learning Domains
• The Behavioral System
• The Cognitive System
• The Affective System
• Motivation
• Writing Behavioral Objectives
• Bloom's Taxonomy

• Design
• Instructional Design Methodology
• Appendix 2 Instructional Design Theory: Sequencing & Chunking of Educational Material

• Behaviorism
• Behaviorism as a Learning Theory
• Operant Conditioning & Behaviorism
• Behaviorism History & John Watson
• The Behavioral System
• Behaviorism

• Cognitivism
• Summary of Cognitive Theories
• Cognitive Architectures
• Cognitive/Agent Architecture
• The Cognitive System
• Metacognition
• Metacognition and Evaluation
• Theories of Learning, Memory, and Cognition

• Building an Understanding of Constructivism
• 70 Articles on Constructivism
• Constructivism
• Learning Theory: Objectivism Vs. Constructivism
• Constructivism
• Constructivistic Theory
• Constructivism

• Explorations in Learning & Instruction:The Theory Into Practice Database-TIP is a tool intended to make learning and instructional theory more accessible to educators. The database contains brief summarizes of 50 major theories of learning and instruction. These theories can also be accessed by learning domains and concepts.
• The theories
• Learning domains
• Learning concepts
• Other related web sites

• Learning Theory and Instructional Design

This web site focuses on the contributions of various learning theorists and learning theories to modern instructional design. You navigate through the site by clicking on the timeline below or by following links.
 
• Situated Learning/Cognition: WWW Resources

• Postmodern Thought Shifting means from center to periphery.
• Semiotics Looking beneath content to signs and structures.
• Sociology of Knowledge Social transformations of experience.
• Cybernetics, Systems Theory and Complexity Beyond design.
• Organizational Learning From top-down to bottom-up
• Connectionism A shift from algorithm to experience.
• Cognitive Science Celebrities authors and critics of the field.
• Hypertext Shifting control from author to reader.
• Internet Culture Patterns of virtual culture.
• Activity theory Situated theories of learning.
• Socio-Cultural Theories Learning as a social phenomenon.
• Teaching and Learning on the Net Local to virtual pedagogy.
• Learning environments The technology of constructivism.
• Virtual learning communities Architectures and approaches
• Foundational texts from Descartes to Dewey.
• Media CMC and other extensions of our species.

• Ausubel
• Subsumption Theory

• Social Learning Theory
• Observational Learning

• Bloom
• Taxanomy of Educational Objectives

• Bruner
• Overview

• Elaboration Theory
• Overview

• Gagne
• Conditions of Learning--Includes a Quicktime video clip of Gagne discussing his theory
• Gagne
• Learning Theory: Gagne
• Lessons based on Gagne-Briggs
• Gagne's steps of instruction

 
• Multiple Intelligences Theory
• Researching a Multiple Intelligences Classroom
• Task Card Approach to Multiple Intelligences

• Piaget
• Biography
• Genetic Epistemology
• Research on Children's Thinking
• The Growing Mind
• Developmental Theory
• Cognitive Development Applications

• Schema-based Theories
• Schema Theory (drawn from D’Andrade 1995)
• Schema Theory
• ASL - Abstract Schema Language
• USC Brain Project: Schema Theory
• Hirsch and Schema Theory

• Social Development Theory
• Zone of Proximal Development
• Vygotsky
• Social Constructivism
• Tom Reeves on Vygotsky

• The Postmodern Paradigm
• Metaphors for Instruction: Why We Talk about Learning Environments
• Personal Reflections on Constructivism
• A Critical Review of Elaboration Theory
• A Review of Cognitive Teaching Models
• More on Cognitive Teaching Models
• Maintaining Ties Between ID and Psychology
• The Impact of Constructivism (and Postmodernism) on ID
• Cognitive Approaches To Instructional Design
• An Historical Perspective on Instructional Design: Is it Time to Exchange Skinner's Teaching Machine for Dewey's Toolbox?
• Reclaiming Instructional Design (by David Merrill)
• On Instructional Design  (by David Merrill)
• On Instructional Strategies (by David Merrill)
• Technology Travesties (by David Merrill)
• Instructional Design Based On Knowledge Objects (ITT)  (by David Merrill)
• AI-ED-95 Workshop for Intelligent Tutoring Systems (position papers)

• American Association for Higher Education
• American Center for the Study of Distance Education
• American Educational Research Association
• American Psychological Association
• American Psychological Society
• Cognitive Science Society
• Educom
• National Education Association
• United States Distance Learning Association
• Web of Asynchronous Learning Networks

• AskERIC (Education Information)
• ERIC Clearinghouse Bookstore
• Indiana College Network
• Tools for On-Line Learning
• Online Educator

  Designed by Deniz Eseryel; Last updated:17/05/1998