INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

Catalog description

Advanced course to study and discusses the nature, historical trajectory and future perspective of instructional theory: theoreticians, approaches, principles and controversies. Main characteristics of this theory are highlighted: design- oriented, its methods and sub methods, and the probabilistic nature of these methods. Special emphasis is applied to the analysis, application, creation and evaluation of instructional design models, for all educative levels, including the post-secondary and university level. Basic concepts and skills for the integration of technology to instructional design are presented. Formative and summative evaluation methods are also analyzed.