This site provides a wonderful collection of organized links to theories that have been applied to instructional design. The collection was created by Marvin Ryder of the School of Education at the University of Colorado, Denver. "Models, like myths and metaphors, help us to make sense of our world. Whether it is derived from whim or from serious research, a model offers its user a means of comprehending an otherwise incomprehensible problem. An instructional design model gives structure and meaning to an I.D. problem, enabling the would-be designer to negotiate her design task with a semblance of conscious understanding. Models help us to visualize the problem, to break it down into discrete, manageable units. The value of a specific model is determined within the context of use. Like any other instrument, a model assumes a specific intention of its user. A model should be judged by how it mediates the designer's intention, how well it can share a work load, and how effectively it shifts focus away from itself toward the object of the design activity."
In this era of repositories it is easy to overlook collections of links, but such collections have been of great importance for teaching and scholarship since the emergence of the Web. ____ JH
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