Thursday, November 5, 2009

Important Aspects of IT

Instructional Design as a Process.
Instructional Design as a Discipline.
Instructional Design as a Science.
Instructional Design as Reality.
Instructional Technology = Instructional Design + Instructional Development

Definitions of Instructional Technology

Instructional technology is "the theory and practice of design, development, utilization, management, and evaluation of processes and resources for learning". Instructional technology is also a part of educational technology. Instructional technology is a growing field of study which uses technology as a means to solve educational challenges, both in the classroom and in distance learning environments. Instructional technology promises solutions to many educational problems in the classroom.