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Course Description:

This is an advanced instructional design course. In this course you will evaluate the e3 (engaging, effective, efficient) quality of existing instructional materials and you will design e3 online instructional materials that implement a problem-centered peer-interactive instructional strategy based on First Principles of Instruction.

Previous knowledge and Skill

It is assumed that you are acquainted with the following concepts and principles:

•  ISD, Instructional Systems Development
• ADDIE, Analysis Design Development Implementation and Evaluation
• Dick and Carey model of instructional design
• Gagne’s five categories of learning outcomes, conditions of learning, and 9 events of instruction
• The information processing model of learning
• Basic learning principles: contiguity, repetition, reinforcement, and others

The following are classic sources that should be in the library of every instructional designer. If you are not familiar with the above concepts and principles as contained in these books you should obtain a copy and read them carefully. These books are available on Amazon.com or BN.com.

Gagne, R. M., Wager, W. W., Golas, K., & Keller, J. M. (2005). Principles of Instructional Design (5th ed.). Belmont, CA: Thompson Wadsworth.

Dick, W., Carey, L., & Carey, J. O. (2008). The Systematic Design of Instruction (7th ed.): Allyn & Bacon.

The following sources are not required for this course but if you are serious about pursuing a career in instructional design you might want to acquire these books for your library:

Morrison, G. R., Ross, S., M., & Kemp, J. E. (2006). Designing Effective Instruction (5th ed.): John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Smith, P. L., & Ragan, T. J. (2004). Instructional Design (3rd ed.). New York: Wiley/Jossey-Bass Education.
If you have other sources that you have found to be valuable for an instructional designer please share the references with the members of the class.

Course Documents

Books. You should study the following books for this class. Some of these books have multiple editions. Using an earlier version of these books is acceptable and in most cases provides the information you need for this class. You can usually purchase earlier versions for less money.  All of these books are available on Amazon.com or Barnes and Nobel (bn.com). 

Allen, M. W. (2003). Michael Allen's Guide to e-Learning. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Clark, R. C. (2007). e-learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Pfeiffer.

Clark, R. C. (2008). Developing Technical Training: A Structured Approach for Developing Classroom and Computer-Based Instructional Materials (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Pfeiffer.

Dick, W., Carey, L., & Carey, J. O. (2008). The Systematic Design of Instruction (7th ed.): Allyn & Bacon.

Gagne, R. M., Wager, W. W., Golas, K., & Keller, J. M. (2005). Principles of Instructional Design (5th ed.). Belmont, CA: Thompson Wadsworth.

van Merriënboer, J. J. G., & Kirschner, P. A. (2007). Ten Steps to Complex Learning. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

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Articles. You should study the following articles for this class. All of these articles are available online. Click on the title for a PDF copy of the article.

Francom, G., Wolfersberger, M., & Merrill, M. D. (2009). Biology 100: A Task-Centered, Peer-Interactive Redesign. TechTrends, 53(3), 35-100. Click for copy.

Mendenhall, A., Buhanan, C. W., Suhaka, M., Mills, G., Gibson, G. V., & Merrill, M. D. (2006). A task-centered approach to entrepreneurship. TechTrends, 50(4), 84-89. Click for copy.

Merrill, M. D. (1997). Instructional Strategies that Teach. CBT Solutions(Nov/Dec), 1-11. Click for copy.

Merrill, M. D. (2001). Components of instruction toward a theoretical tool for instructional design. Instructional Science, 29(4-5), 291-310. Click for copy.

Merrill, M. D. (2002). A pebble-in-the-pond model for instructional design. Performance Improvement, 41(7), 39-44. Click for copy.

Merrill, M. D. (2007). A task-centered instructional strategy. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 40(1), 33-50. Click for copy.

Merrill, M. D. (2008). Converting e3 learning to e3 learning: an alternative instructional design method. In S. Carliner & P. Shank (Eds.), The E-Learning Handbook: Past Promises, Present Challenges (pp. 359-400). San Francisco: Pfeiffer. Click for copy.

Merrill, M. D. (2009). First Principles of Instruction. In C. M. Reigeluth & A. Carr (Eds.), Instructional Design Theories and Models: Building a Common Knowledge Base (Vol. III). New York: Routledge Publishers. Click for copy.

Merrill, M. D. (2009). Finding e3 (effective, efficient and engaging) Instruction. Educational Technology, 49(3), 15-26. Click for copy.

Merrill, M. D., & Gilbert, C. G. (2008). Effective peer interaction in a problem-centered instructional strategy. Distance Education, 29(2), 199-207. Click for copy.

Merrill, M. D. (In Press). Designing e3 (effective, efficient, engaging) Instruction. Click for copy.

Evaluation Rubric

The e3 Course Evaluation Rubric is the heart of this course. Attached below is a MS Word form that can be used to apply the e3 Course Evaluation Rubric. For your convenience there is also an instructional event form that may be helpful in evaluating an existing course or in outlineing the events in your own development.

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Click for a MS Word form for the Instructional Event Form.

Video Presentations

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Demonstration Courses

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