11th

In the previous week(10th), my friends and I learnt about insructional design. There are few names mentioned such as GAGNE 9 events, Dick & Carey, Rapid Prototyping, Guaranteed Learning, ASSURE and ARCS Model. Our lecturer, Madam Azida assigned us to make a group of five or six and present the selected topics. We have to create a poster and prepare questions regarding the topic.

My group presented about Guaranteed Learning. It is formerly known as 'Instructional Development Learning System'. It was founded by Peter J Esseff and his partner Mary Sullivan Esseff in 1970. The design synthesized existing theories(behaviorism, constructivism, cognitivism & social learning) to develop their approach. In 2015, Dr Esseffs created e-learning course and allow participants to take Guaranteed Learning course online. They also produced a book with the title 'How to Design, Develop & Validate Instructional Materials'.

We ended the presentation with few questions for our fellow classmates. In order to make it much interesting, we made it like a quiz by using a web called Kahoot. 

10th

Last week Madam Azida taught us about Instructional Design. I learnt that it is actually about creating instructional experiences and also figuring out the needs of the learner. It is an online development tool that is made from the analysis of learning needs and of course it is students' centered. 

It is now the trend as it represents a systematic development of instruction. It is also a great as it is measurable especially in assessing the success of the design. Okay I think that was all that I wrote in my book. It is not clear enough so I googled some more.

So...what is instructional design? 

Instructional design can be defined as the creation of instructional materials, modules or lessons. The process consists of determining the needs of the learners, defining the end goals and objectives of instruction, designing and planning assessment tasks, and designing teaching and learning activities to ensure the quality of instruction. One of the example is ADDIE Model.

Actually, the first time I heard about this topic, my reaction was like the gif above. But at least I got the hint correctly right 😉