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Instructional Design and Performance Improvement

Instructional System Design - Analysis Phase
Includes Analyze the System, Compile Task Inventory, Compile Task Inventory, Analyze tasks for performance problems or perform needs analysis, Select tasks for training (tasks that have non-training related performance problems should be solved by using other solutions), Build performance measures, Select instructional setting, and Estimate Cost.

Competencies and Skills for Instructional Designers
A list of 16 skill areas an instructional designer should know including performing a needs assessment/analysis, assessing the relevant characteristics of the target audience, performing job, task, and/or content analysis, selecting instructional media, evaluating the instruction/program and process, and more.

Getting Started with Instructional Design
Published by the University of Wisconsin - Madison, this website introduces instructional design as a process and provides resources for each of the five steps.

Instructional Design Articles and Links
A list of articles and links to do with instructional design models, theories, methodologies, and more. Maintained through the University of South Florida.

Bloom's Taxonomy
Benjamin Bloom's classification of levels of intellectual behavior important in learning is a taxonomy that includes three overlapping domains; the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective.

Gagne's Conditions of Learning
This theory stipulates that there are several different types or levels of learning. In addition, the theory outlines nine instructional events and corresponding cognitive processes.

The Training Process:
Performance Consulting, Needs Analysis, Design and Development, Implementation

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 summaries of 50 major theories of learning and instruction. These theories can also be accessed by learning domains and concepts.

Funderstanding: About learning theories
How Do People Learn? This section examines ten different theories on how people learn

What's Your Learning Style?
There are three basic types of learning styles. The three most common are visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. This online survey will help you determine which of these learning styles you rely on the most.

Learning Theories and Instructional Strategies Matrix by George Mason University Instructional Technology Program
Introduces and discusses Behaviorism, Information Processing theory, Schema theory, Advanced Organizers, Keller's ARCS Model of Motivation, Generative Learning theory, Collaborative Learning, Authentic Learning, Object-based Learning, etc.

Constructivism
Definitions, models, positions, environments, and strategies

Learning Styles from the Center for Teacher Effectiveness
Includes The Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator, Keirsey Temperament Sorter, and The VARK Preferences.

The Instructional Design Process
See the bottom of this page for information about Analysis Phase, Design Phase, Development Phase, and Evaluation Phase and includes explanations for Needs Assessment, Instructional Analysis, Learner/Context Analysis, Performance Objectives, Student Assessment, Instructional Strategies, Materials Development, Formative Evaluation, Revisions, and Summative Evaluation.

 

Measurement and Evaluation

Evaluation Design and Tools
Eight steps to a successful evaluation, including a discussion of various research designs and common threats to validity

Needs Assessment tools
A short list on tools used to conduct needs assessments

The Training Process:
Evaluating the Training

Instructional System Development - Evaluation Phase - Chapter VI
Highlights the evaluation process and discusses Kirkpatrick's Four Level Evaluation Model.

Basic Guide to Program Evaluation
Written by Carter McNamara, PhD. Includes Where Program Evaluation is Helpful, Basic Ingredients, Planning Program Evaluation, Major Types of Program Evaluation, Overview of Methods to Collect Information, Selecting Which Methods to Use, Pitfalls to Avoid, etc.

Evaluation Program Overview
This brief article is an orientation to program evaluation, written for program directors or managers who are thinking of hiring a consulting institution to provide evaluation services for a new or existing program or project.

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Training Programs
This article reviews the current literature addressing the evaluation of adult and workplace training programs, based on Donald Kirkpatrick's (1979) evaluation steps.

Informed Decisions: Research-Based Practice Notes
This paper presents critiques and empirical evidence concerning Kirkpatrick's model, results of a small-scale practitioner survey, and future research directions for training evaluation.

Measuring Training Results
An informal article on Kirkpatrick's model and ROI.

 

Technology Integration

Design Guidelines for the World Wide Web
A good resource including general guidelines, page size and length, graphics, digital audio and video, text, and links.

Web Design Features
A brief sketch by Robin Williams, author of The Non-Designers Design Book, providing some good and bad examples of web design.

Apple: K-12 Education
A wealth of technology-based information and ideas for educators. Related links include Student Achievement, Teacher Professionalism, Administrative Leadership, Parent Engagement, and Special Needs.

Acceptable Use Policies
Sample acceptable use policies from Northwest Schools and links to online resources.

Copyright Crash Course
A collection of resources on copyright policies for educators and students.

Copyright Management Center:
An online resource on copyright from Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

The Adaptive Technology Resource Centre
A technical glossary of adaptive technologies

 

Management and Innovation

Management vs. Leadership -Online Newsletter
Management Styles - Glossary of styles, Managers vs. Leaders - Comparison of traits, Changing Styles for the New Millennium - New styles for new times, Middle Managers - Facing the re-engineering challenges, Resources on the Internet.

Leadership Resource Links
An index of leadership resources intended to build effective leadership skills

THE ECOLOGY OF LEADERSHIP by Peter M. Senge
The Context for Change, What People Want from the Boss, Where Executives Miss the Mark, A New Role for Hierarchy, Strategies for Personal Learning, How People Learn

WINNING AT CHANGE by John P. Kotter
The four most common mistakes of leadership, Managing Multiple Time Lines, Building Coalitions, Creating a Vision, Traits of Effective Leaders, Eight Steps to Transform Your Organization, The Ways Change Happens.

THE ENDURING SKILLS OF CHANGE LEADERS by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Forces for Change, Keys to Mastering Change, Classic Skills for Leaders, Sticky Moments in the Middle of Change -- and How to Get Unstuck.

BARRIERS TO LEADERSHIP by Frances Hesselbein
Self-Imposed Barriers and Institutional Barriers to Leadership.

Kurt Lewin's Change Theory in the Field and in the Classroom
An essay by Edgar H. Schein on Lewin's change model of unfreezing, changing, and refreezing.

Force Field Analysis
An article on the change management model of Kurt Lewin, pioneer in the field of social sciences for diagnosing situations.

 

Research Fundamentals

The Impact of Technology on Student Achievement
A PDF document summarizing research findings on technology's impact in the classroom.

Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association
An APA guide to citing electronic resources.

Search ERIC Database
ERIC is the world's largest source of education information, with more than 1 million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. Our version of the Database, updated monthly, provides access to ERIC Document citations from 1966 through December 1999 and ERIC Journal citations from 1966 through December 1999.

Introductory Statistics: Concepts, Models, and Applications
By David W. Stockburger. Provides definitions and examples of statisical tests.

HyperStat Online
By David M. Lane. A user-friendly site which addresses statistical concepts and applications including descriptive and inferential statistics.

The Web Center for Social Research Methods
This website is for people involved in applied social research and evaluation. You'll find lots of resources and links to other locations on the Web that deal in applied social research methods

Action Research
A comprehensive list including definitions, articles, and other resources related to action research.

A Guide for Writing Research Papers
A quick reference for formatting your document including headings, quotations, references, etc.

 

Professional Associations

American Educational Research Association (AERA) AERA is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results.

American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) - ASTD is the leading resource on workplace learning and performance issues, providing information, research, analysis and practical information derived from the knowledge and experience of its members, its conferences and publications, and the coalitions and partnerships it has built through research and policy work. ASTD's mission is to provide leadership to individuals, organizations, and society to achieve work-related competence, performance, and fulfillment.

Association for Applied Interactive Multimedia (AAIM) - AAIM was created to support professionals who use and develop interactive multimedia. AAIM is a diversified organization with an international membership with backgrounds in K-12 education, higher education, business, industry, medicine and government.

Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) - AACE (founded in 1981) is an international, educational, and professional organization dedicated to the advancement of the knowledge, theory, and quality of learning and teaching at all levels with information technology. This purpose is accomplished through the encouragement of scholarly inquiry related to information technology in education and the dissemination of research results and their applications through: publications, conferences, divisions/societies/chapters, and inter-organizational projects.

Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI) - the scope of SIGCHI consists of the study of the human-computer interaction process and includes research and development efforts leading to the design and evaluation of user interfaces. The focus of the SIG is on how people communicate and interact with computer systems. SIGCHI serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas among computer scientists, human factors scientists, psychologists, social scientists, systems designers and end users. SIGCHI offers its members the "Member Plus" package and co-sponsors a number of conferences and workshops each year, including the annual CHI conference. The SIGCHI Bulletin is published quarterly.

Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) - the AECT is the only international, professional association dedicated to the improvement of instruction through the utilization of media and technology. It provides a forum for the exchange of information among professionals in educational technology: audio-visual media, library and microcomputer specialists; education administrators; researchers; teachers and professors; media service directors; learning resource specialists; curriculum developers; television producers and directors; and a variety of other professionals who require expertise in instructional technology.

Association for Telecommunication Professionals in Higher Education (ACUTA) - ACUTA is a member-driven organization dedicated to the enhancement of teaching, learning, research, and public (community) service by providing leadership in the application of telecommunications technology for higher education.

American Evaluation Association (AEA) - AEA is an international professional association of evaluators devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel evaluation, technology, and many other forms of evaluation. The American Evaluation Association's mission is to: improve evaluation practices and methods, increase evaluation use, promote evaluation as a profession, and support the contribution of evaluation to the generation of theory and knowledge about effective human action.

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) - the ACM is an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to advancing the arts, sciences, and applications of information technology. With a world-wide membership of 80,000, ACM functions as a locus for computing professionals and students working in the various fields of Information Technology.

American Statistical Association (ASA) - Founded in 1839 to foster excellence in the use and application of statistics to the biological, physical, social and economic sciences, ASA is a leader in promoting statistical practice, applications, and research; publishing statistical journals; improving statistical education; and advancing the statistics profession.

EDUCAUSE - The mission of EDUCAUSE is to enable the transformational changes occurring in higher education through the introduction, use, access to, and management of information resources and technologies in teaching, learning, scholarship, research, and institutional management.

International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) - Founded in 1962, the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) is the leading international association dedicated to improving productivity and performance in the workplace. ISPI's mission is to improve the performance of individuals and organizations through the application of Human Performance Technology.

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) - ISTE promotes appropriate uses of technology to support and improve teaching and learning. Representing more than 40,000 educators, ISTE provides: curriculum for learning about technology and integrating it into the classroom, research results and project reports, and leadership for policy affecting educational technology.

Society for Applied Learning Technology (SALT) - Founded in 1972, membership in the Society is oriented to professionals whose work requires knowledge and communication in the field of instructional technology. It is a professional society, designed for individual membership participation with classes of membership keyed to the interest and experience of the individual. The Society provides a means to enhance the knowledge and job performance of an individual by participating in Society sponsored meetings, and through receiving Society sponsored publications. It enables one to achieve knowledge for work in the field of applied learning technology by association with other professionals in conferences sponsored by the Society.

Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) - The Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education is an international association of individual teacher educators, and affiliated organizations of teacher educators in all disciplines, who are interested in the creation and dissemination of knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education.

Professional Journals

American Journal of Education (AJE)

Computer - Mediated Communication Magazine (CMC)
Chronicle of Higher Ed

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)
Educational Action Research
Educational Researcher (ER)
Educational Technology and Society

First Monday
From Now On

Harvard Educational Review (HER)
Higher Education Research and Development
Horizon
HyperPSYCOLOQUY

Instructional Science
Interactions
International Journal of Academic Development
International Journal of Educational Technology (IJET)
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
International Journal of Instructional Media (IJIM)
International Review of Education

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (JCMC)
Journal of Computing in Higher Education
Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics (JEBS)
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia (JEMH)
Journal of Educational Psychology
Journal of Electronic Publishing (JEP)
Journal of Instruction Delivery Systems (JIDS)
Journal of Interactive Instruction Development (JIID)
Journal of Interactive Learning Research (JILR)
Journal of Interactive Media in Education (JIME)
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE)

National Teaching and Learning Forum

Oxford Review of Education

Philosophy of Education Yearbook

Quality in Higher Education

Review of Educational Research (RER)

Techné: Journal of the Society for Philosophy and Technology
T.H.E. Journal
Theory Into Practice (TIP)
Transactions on Computer Human Interaction (TOCHI)

WebNet Journal