Aligning Instructional Design and Technical Standards

Aligning Instructional Design and Technical StandardsDamon ReDamon R ganRoR bo by Rbobson, Ph.Dy R.obson, Ph.DEduworksEduworksdregan@eduworks.comrrobson@eduworks.comMEMOTO: Instructional DesignerRE: New Instructional Content DevelopmentCreate instruction using the S harableSharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) t oto a chieveachieve t hethe goals of interoperability and reusability.2What’s SCORM to an Instructional Designer?A. A programming language?B. A format?C. A tool?l?D. A paradigm?E. A pain? Correc t At A nswer: Posted to Flickr by Second Life Resident Daneel ArianthoE if it doesn’t meet the Designer’s goals!3What’s SCORM to a Programmer?A. A programming language?B. A format?C. A tool?l?D. Job security?E. A pain? Correc t At A nswer: Posted to Flickr by Lloyd BuddE if it doesn’t meet the Programmer’s goals!4What happens…if instructional and technical needs are not aligned5MUTANT NINJA SCORM!The BIG PACKAGE (1GB, (yearlong courseg)The ITTY BITTY SCO (Each question is a SCO)The SCORM Intelligent Tutoring System (programmed using 1 000, sequencing r ules)rules)The CROWD FAVORITE (Need SCORM? Take your content and wrap it as a single SCO)LIMITED FRUSTRATIONREUSEDebates over “what is a SCO?”6Posted to Flickr by San Diego ShooterProposed AlignmentInstructional DesignSCORM 2004 ConceptConceptLessonContentLessonPackPa ack geg7What’s New?Instructional design not forced into technical frameworkInstructional & technical perspectives considered equallyFocus on larger objects with more widely accepted d efifinitiitiLons: essons & C tonten Packages NOT FOCUSED ON THE SCO AS THE UNIT OF REUSE8PACKAGES AS THE UNIT OF REUSET hec in ca l Adl A va tn ga esProvides a context for SCO reuseSCOs can be interchanged within packagesSCOs can be extracted from packagesBUT t hethe context f orfor their useuse and reuse isis not lost Enables instructional strategies to be changed without altering the underlying contentcontent Sequencing is defined at the package levelLearning objectives are defined at the package levelNatural unit of search, discovery, and exchange (e.g. within the ADL Registry)9LESSONS AS UNIT OF REUSEAdvantages for I tns ructitional Dl DesigignersAligns with Instructional TheoryDriscollGagneMillerrAligns with Instructional Design practiceSmith and RaganDick, Carey, and Carey10