Practical aspects of ID

SITUATED INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

I have been reflecting on the practical aspects of instructional design as it relates to real-world contexts and its implication on my particular internship. This online article by Brent Wilson on situated instructional design explains that implementation and design are ultimately inseparable. According to Wilson (1995), deciding upon a design solution and making decisions within that framework is a highly situated activity. The success of a given implementation will depend more on the local variables and context of where a designer is working than on the general variables contained in the ID model chosen to guide design. In this approach, all the stakeholder should be included in the design process. This process entails a great collaboration. In this article, the author also provides a general methodolgy for situated instructional design.

Read this article:
Wilson, B. G. (1995). Situated instructional design: Blurring the distinctions between theory and practice, design and implementation, curriculum and instruction.