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Have we “Reclaimed” Instructional Design?

dr.curry @ February 19, 2008 # 6 Comments

In 1996, David Merrill and the ID2 Research Group published Reclaiming Instructional Design, a paper that “attempts to make clear [their] belief that instruction is a science and that instructional design is a technology founded in this science,” and they wanted “to identify some of the assumptions underlying the science-based technology of instructional
design, and to […]

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An immediately accessible instructional design education

dr.curry @ February 15, 2008 # 4 Comments

Cammy at Learning Visions asked me to whittle my list down more. As a former English teacher, I relish the thought of making my writing “tighter.” So while the purpose of my initial post on how to get an instructional design education without paying tuition was meant as a “here’s what you need to know,” […]

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How to get an Instructional Design education without paying tuition

dr.curry @ February 13, 2008 # 13 Comments

Well, yesterday Cammy has responded to my post on the disconnect between academic instructional design and practical instructional design. Subsequently, the last five hours or so has been interesting. First of all, I see that Stephen Downes has mentioned our conversation on OLD~Daily, and that has led to a number of comments […]

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The Proper Study of Instructional Design

dr.curry @ June 26, 2006 # No Comment Yet

So, as it always seems, here I am as a young assistant professor still trying to figure out my place in this world. You know, who am I, what is my line of research, and does it really matter? So I was reading in the new edition of Issues and Trends in Instructional Design and […]

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Foundations readings revisited

dr.curry @ June 22, 2006 # No Comment Yet

So, apparently something crazy has happened. Just one day after I get that list posted of readings for my Foundations class, I found another book. I checked to see if I could change my order for fall, but I really shouldn’t–not can’t, it’ll just be a pain.
Reiser, R.A. & Dempsy, J.V. (2007). Trends […]

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