What Is Good Instructional Design?
What Is Good Instructional Design? "An instructional design is the practical application of this knowledge to create a situation where learning is most likely to effectively occur" (Brtown & Green, 2024, p. 8). In a nutshell, instructional design is the intentionality with which one plans to deliver information to learners, whether in a professional setting or in the classroom. There are several approaches to good instructional design such as ADDIE (analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate), the Successive Approximation Model (SAM), Merrill's Pebble-In-The-Pond Model, and the Systems Approach Model for Designing Instruction. While none are exactly the same, they all follow a version of the same method. "The most popular approach to designing Instruction is to follow some variation of what is essentially a three-step process. 1. Analyze the situation to determine what instruction is necessary and what steps need to be taken to deliver that instructi...