CHAPTER 2

Instructional Systems Design

Never before have so many people been tasked with creating instructional activities, materials, and programs for learners in schools, businesses, and organizations. Many have little formal training in instructional design, if any (Carliner and Driscoll, 2009). They are guided by their intuition, their observations of what they have seen others do, and their experiences as a learner. Of those who have received instruction on instructional design, an instructional systems design (ISD) model most likely guides their work. ISD models frequently divide the process into phases, such as analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. It is from this logical, commonsense series of phases that the ...

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