a domain model to improve it course design
Instructional design in Information Technology (IT) has several significant issues that distinguish it from other disciplines, the most prominent of which is the rapid evolution of the computing technologies that are the essence of the discipline. Managing this change in designing and updating courses requires an understanding of the operative mechanisms that govern the change process. Several theoretical models from fields of architecture, computing and, of course, instructional design, have a bearing on this problem. A study was conducted of a number of instructional change events in IT and from that study a unified model was developed. The unified model provides understanding of the types of decisions made during IT instructional design. It also explains both successful and unsuccessful change events observed during the study. Understanding of the course creation and change process will help IT instructional designers create new courses or adapt existing courses for new material with less effort.
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