Students develop skills in the selection, utilization, and evaluation of such materials and in establishing processes to effectively accomplish these functions. This course addresses the knowledge and skills necessary for the management of instructional technology. A flexible curriculum oriented to special research topics of interest to faculty or current issues of concern to educators. Focused on areas within programs. Course moves from an overview of the field to its theoretical bases and processes.
Students practice the various instructional design analysis steps.
Introductions theory about the design steps in the instructional systems design process. Students work in teams to design,produce, implement, and evaluate an instructional system for afield site. Each team prepares an instructional design report. Research in learning from television news is reviewed. Students choose one area that needs to be researched, and they explore that area.