What is Instructional Design

What makes something tick? What makes us follow our gut or instinct rather than logic and reasoning? It is the limbic part of the brain […]

Introduction “An intelligence is the ability to solve problems, or to create products, that are valued withinone or more cultural settings.” -- Howard E. Gardner, Frames of Mind […]

Introduction In my Learning Theories article, there was a particular question we were interested in - "how can I design a course that will help learners achieve their […]

Introduction I have already discussed two of the three elements comprising Gagné's theory - conditions of learning and domains of learning outcomes. Now, I will discuss […]

Taking off from where I left in the previous post, we were asking ourselves, “how does a learner store all the information that I provide […]

This theory was proposed by John Sweller. Lets begin with a small exercise, (similar to the one illustrated by Mr Howard Soloman at http://www.instructionaldesign.org/theories/cognitive-load.html). Take […]

Edward Lee Thorndike(1874-1949) based all his assumptions and formulated his theories based on creating a connection between two variables – stimulus and response (S-R). He […]

Behavior in simple terms is the visible attitude of a person. A good behavior is often rewarded whereas a bad behavior is often punished. It […]