The Instructional Design Knowledge Base: Theory, Research, and Practice by Rita C. Richey, James D. Klein, et al. | Sold by: Amazon.com Services LLC | Oct 18, 2010

The Instructional Design Knowledge Base: Theory, Research and Practice provides ID professionals and students at all levels with a comprehensive exploration of the theories and research that serve as a foundation for current and emerging ID practice. This book offers both current and classic interpretations of theory from a range of disciplines and approaches. It encompasses general systems, communication, learning, early instructional, media, conditions-based, constructivist design and performance-improvement theories. Features include: rich representations of the ID literature concise theory summaries specific examples of how theory is applied to practice recommendations for future research a glossary of related terms a comprehensive list of references. A perfect resource for instructional design and technology doctoral, masters and educational specialist certificate programs, The Instructional Design Knowledge Base provides students and scholars with a comprehensive background for ID practice and a foundation for future ID thinking. TITLE COPYRIGHT CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1 THE DIMENSIONS OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN KNOWLEDGE BASE 2 GENERAL SYSTEMS THEORY 3 COMMUNICATION THEORY 4 LEARNING THEORY 5 EARLY INSTRUCTIONAL THEORY 6 MEDIA THEORY 7 CONDITIONS-BASED THEORY 8 CONSTRUCTIVIST DESIGN THEORY 9 PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT THEORY 10 A TAXONOMY OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN KNOWLEDGE BASE GLOSSARY REFERENCES INDEX