All About Instructional

Design Strategies

What is a Strategy?

GAME PLAN or a high level plan to achieve one or more goals.

A STRATEGY is a…

What is an Instructional STRATEGY?

A high level approach of how we are goingto TEACH a subject

A model is a way of doing something or representation of a reality.Instructional design models are guidelines on which the teaching

approach of the instructor is based.

What is an Instructional Design Model?

3 Popular Instructional Design Models..

SAM

ADDIE Model

The Learning Cycle

Components of anInstructional Design

Strategy

1 Content Presentation

• Establishing visual patterns in the content to enable ‘at a glance’ learning

• Revealing learning content in progressive layers and building the knowledge gained from the earlier layer

2 Visual

• GUI: Resembles the actual physical environment of the course

• Illustrations: Depict scenarios, characters, expressions etc.

• Color: Colors and their combinations are important

3 Media

• Audio : Using audio in eLearning helps acquire information more effectively

• Animation : Training content can be explained better through animations

• Video Snippets : Hook learners to your course

4 Assessments

Set Formative and Summative assessments to inculcate analytical thinking and creative problem solving skills.

5 Technical

• Functional Specifications• Course Deployment• Standards Compliance• Client/Server Environment• Development Tools/Technology

Types of Instructional Design Strategies

Logical Presentatio

n

Storytelling (theme)

Guided Learning

Case Study

Scenario-based

How to Decide

a Strategy?

Audience• Children vs. adults• Computer literate vs. not so

comfortable on computers• White collared vs. blue collared• Cultural groups

SubjectAll subjects cannot be

taught in the same manner.

Learning Environment

• In a computer lab• At a work station• While travelling • On different devices• Self and collaborative

Time &

Cost

Parameters/Constraints

And… Technica

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Before we leave,let us quickly recap what we’ve learned

Components of an Instructional Design Strategy• Content• Visual• Media• Assessments• Technical

Types of Strategies• Logical Presentation• Storytelling (theme)• Guided Learning (Avatars etc.)• Case Study• Scenario-based