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I come from a linguistics background and I do not have a long experience in education. When I signed up for the class, I was thinking it has to do with designing the learning process. I believe Instructional Design is concerned with developing a course from the scratch; including syllabus, objectives, activities, schedule, assignments, etc.

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Grant Tryon: What is Instructional Design?

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Grant Tryon: What is Instructional Design?

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At the present time, I can't say I know very much about instructional design other than what I can recall from the course description and the singular Google search I conducted to get an idea as to whether this would be a worthwhile and interesting course or not (so far, so good Dr. Peng). Nonetheless, here's my attempt to define this [presently] nebulous anomaly called Instructional Design:

"Instructional design is, in itself, the very process of curriculum development which implements the most relevant combination of: a) instructional methods, b) teaching philosophies, and c) resources to the needs and goals of a specific learner or group of learners."

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Instructional Design is defined as “a systematic process that is employed to develop education and training programs in a consistent and reliable fashion” (Reiser, Dempsey, 2007). It is it based on the use of theories and models to design lessons to be more effective to learners.

Instructional design, is a systematic analysis of learning needs, so it is designed upon what learners require to acquire knowledge and skills. I believe because of the variations among various group of people, it is necessary to take into account these variations when developing instruction process. There should be a thorough assessment for learners need before an instructional design developed.

Marja Alyami

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When I hear the word instructional design, I immediately think of curriculum design. I believe that instructional design involves using theory to develop effective lessons, instructional materials, and activities that all contribute to the process of meeting set learning goals.

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Instructional design is a PROCESS (not a procedure) used to find the most effective manner to teach content to an individual or a group of people.  Instructional design may vary among content areas but there are also some universal truths that can be used by all content areas such as taking into account different learning modalities (kinesthetic, visual, auditory) of students when designing instruction.

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Mary Gillespie- What is instructional design?

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Mary Gillespie- What is instructional design?

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My first thought on instructional design is the use of technology for instruction, in order to help guide a learning experience. My impression is that instructional design is evidence and researched based in order to increase learning experiences in and outside of the classroom.

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Here are some bullet points to what I think encompasses instructional design:

Evidenced-based technological practices—uses established and   research-based practices to maximize student learning, transfer of knowledge, and skills.

It encompasses learning theory and instructional theory.

Mostly employed in the e-learning or online learning

Is eclectic—draws from several fields such as education, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and research on memory.

The goal is to use technology to enhance learning

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Isaac Harker- What is instructional design?

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Isaac Harker- What is instructional design?

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To me, the basis of instructional design is modifying the way you present the curriculum of a course to the students who are attempting to digest it. While, the same material is often times taught in courses, when the teacher modifies the way it is presented, the students learn more and perform better.
Instructional design attempts to manipulate the way that students are given information to solve problem-centered conflicts. ID usually intertwines giving demonstrations to the students, showing them different ways to solve the problem, letting them work through problems themselves, and using themes or analogies to help them better understand the information.
Building on the previously held knowledge of students, teachers can use this as a foundation to build new knowledge. Putting the information that necessary in terms that the students can easily access is a big part of instructional design.
By implementing the correct technological processes, instructors can facilitate and improve students learning and retention.

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In my opinion, the instructional design contains several characteristics below:

Student-centered: It makes me think of my working days in the past time in the kindergarten. Teachers have to design the curriculum in the child-centered manner which refers to children can decide what they want to learn by their interests. Teachers just provide support and facilitate children’s learning. It is as same as the area of Instructional Design.

Goal Oriented: I think it is as same as the learning objectives which are designed in the curriculum. When teachers start to plan the curriculum they have to set up the learning goals, subjects and then develop the appropriate content to meet the goals.

Focuses on Meaningful Performance: It put emphasis on planning students to solve the real problem, such as the curriculum of job training.

Assumes Outcomes Can be Measured in a Reliable and Valid Way: Instruction Designer is supposed to consider how the knowledge or skills can be improved the validity of assessment to the individual.

Empirical, Iterative, and Self-correcting: Data collection is the key element of the ID process; it is used to analyze what information should be known or already known.

Team Effort: The process is not only for ID to finish but also for different subjects’ experts to fulfill the whole program.

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Instructional design is modifying courses to create classes that both meet course goals/ideals and have inclusive assessments that lead to student success.