Description
The course is an introduction to the development of instructional systems. Topics surveyed
include needs assessment, learner analysis, instructional analysis, specification of instructional
objectives, selection of instructional strategies, and media. The course will survey theoretical
positions in learning and cognition with emphasis on their relevance to the design of classroom
learning environments. Contemporary curriculum theories and Curriculum as an interrelated
agent of conceiving and effecting change will be stressed. Trends and practices, instructional and
resource materials, and methods and techniques in education will be covered.