1.1 Introduction
1.1 Introduction What does a designer of instruction do? What is a design? Where does the design process at the micro level begin and end? Is there a special language of design? What is a ‘learning experience?’ How does a…
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1. Some Basics
1.3 What is design?
The formal definition of the term ‘design’ as it will be used in this book, and as it applies at the micro level, is: The plan, structure and strategy of instruction used, conceived so as to produce learning experiences that…
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1.4 Where does the ‘design process’ begin and end?
The activities involved in designing a course or lesson are illustrated in Fig. 1. By name, they will be quite familiar to those of you who know and have used the so-called ‘systems approach’ at the micro level. Activity 4…
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1.5 Is there a special language of design?
The answer to this, for design decision-making at the micro level, is ‘yes’.
1.6 What is a ‘learning experience’?
Tyler (1949) has provided a useful definition for designers working at the micro level: ‘A learning experience refers to the interaction between the learner and the external conditions in the environment to which he can react. Learning takes place through…
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1.7 What tells a designer that she or he has had success?
Four words can be used in rating the quality of the learning experience generated by the design of a course or lesson. These words are: ‘effective’, ‘valued’, ‘liked’ and ‘efficient’. They have been mentioned earlier, in the foreword. A learning…
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1.8 Case study no. 1: The design of an educational encounter
Here is our first case study. It describes the designing of an educational visit to a doctor and to a patient at home. The substance of the story is from an article (Earl, Everwijn and de Melker, 1980) in Medical…
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