Instructional Systems Design

Dick and Carey The Systematic Design of Instruction

Systematic process in which all parts (teachers, students, materials, and learning environment) are considered critical to successful learning.

ISD contributes to a successful learning outcome because it:

• Focuses on what the learner is to know or be able to do when the instruction is completed.
• This focus keeps all subsequent planning and implementation steps on target.
• Focuses on the skills and knowledge to be taught and provides the right conditions for the learning of these outcomes.
• Is an observable and reusable process

Systematic Approach

• Who
  • The who are the participants (students & teachers) who will be using the material.
  • When you know what skills participants already possess and what they will be asked to do before, during and after the training, you can identify the gaps in what they know and determine what they need to know. This applies to all participants. In an online environoment it is equally important to assess instructor as well as student readiness.
• What
  • The what is the content to teach the skills and knowledge needed to be considered competent or to perform specific tasks.
• Where
  • Because training can take place anywhere, the instructional designer must consider the learning environment in which the training takes place.
  • Establishing and maintaining a positive training climate during instruction depend on the delivery method and how this delivery method is received by the group being trained.