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Design Procedure:

(From Chapter 7 of: Alessi, S.M. & Trollip, S.R. (1991). Computer-Based Instruction: Methods and Development, 2nd edition. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.)

Activities Explanations

1 Determine needs and goals * Determine what the student should know or be able to do after completing the lesson.

2 Collect resources * Relevant to subject matter, instructional development, and delivery system.
* In this course they refer to things such as textbooks, reference books, original source materials, films, audio tapes, etc.

3 Learn the content * The designer must be very familiar with the content.
* Ex. interviewing the expert, reading texts and other instructional materials. etc.

4 Generate ideas * Do brainstorming to generate creative ideas.

5 Design instruction * Performing concept and task analyses on the content.
* Preliminary choices about instructional methodologies and factors.

6 Flowchart the lesson * Depicts the sequence and decisions of a lesson.
* The visual representation of decisions and events is the best way to depict the interactions between computer & learners.

7 Storyboard displays on paper * Depicts the content and presentations.
* The process of preparing textual and pictorial displays so they will fit within the display limitations of your computer.
* Include information presentations, questions, feedback, directions, prompts, pictures, and animations.

8 Program the lesson * Translate what you have on paper into a series of instructions
understandable to the computer.

9 Produce supporting materials

10 Evaluate and revise

Features of the procedure:

It is empirically based: based on a cycle of draft, evaluate, and revise until the product works.
It is driven by principles of cognitive psychology. (See chapter 1 for more information.)
It is an emphasis on creativity.
It is the progression from discussion to paper ideas to implementation on a computer.
It is a team-oriented approach. Courseware is always better when several people collavorate.

(1) More skills and knowledge are involved in a development effort than one person tytpically has.

(2) Several people working together raise the expected standard of acceptable quality.

(3) An individual is not good at criticizing his/her own ideas or work.

	Activities	Explanations
1	Determine needs and goals	* Determine what the student should know or be able to do after completing the lesson.
2	Collect resources	* Relevant to subject matter, instructional development, and delivery system. * In this course they refer to things such as textbooks, reference books, original source materials, films, audio tapes, etc.
3	Learn the content	* The designer must be very familiar with the content. * Ex. interviewing the expert, reading texts and other instructional materials. etc.
4	Generate ideas	* Do brainstorming to generate creative ideas.
5	Design instruction	* Performing concept and task analyses on the content. * Preliminary choices about instructional methodologies and factors.
6	Flowchart the lesson	* Depicts the sequence and decisions of a lesson. * The visual representation of decisions and events is the best way to depict the interactions between computer & learners.
7	Storyboard displays on paper	* Depicts the content and presentations. * The process of preparing textual and pictorial displays so they will fit within the display limitations of your computer. * Include information presentations, questions, feedback, directions, prompts, pictures, and animations.
8	Program the lesson	* Translate what you have on paper into a series of instructions understandable to the computer.
9	Produce supporting materials
10	Evaluate and revise