Mastering the instructional design process : a systematic approach

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the Fifth Edition -- Acknowledgments -- About the International Board of Standards for Training, Performance, and Instruction -- Advance Organizer -- About This Book -- Part 1 Overview -- Chapter 1 An Overview of Instructional Design -- Instructional Design: An Emerging Profession -- Instructional Design: Focused on Establishing and Maintaining Efficient and Effective Human Performance -- Instructional Design: Guided by a Model of Human Performance -- Instructional Design: Carried Out Systematically -- Instructional Design: Based on Open Systems Theory -- Instructional Design: Oriented to Finding and Applying the Most Cost-Effective Solutions to Human Performance Problems -- Criticisms of Traditional Instructional Approaches -- Part 2 Planning and Analyzing for Instructional Design -- Chapter 2 Conducting a Needs Assessment -- Defining Terms -- Steps in Developing Needs Assessment -- Developing a Needs Assessment Plan: A Case Study -- Solving Problems in Conducting Needs Assessments -- Identifying Instructional Problems -- Ethical Issues in Needs Assessment -- Chapter 3 Collecting and Analyzing Data for Instructional Design Projects -- The Nature of Data -- The Data Collection Process -- Data Analysis -- Chapter 4 Identifying the Target Population and Environmental Characteristics -- Selecting Learner Characteristics for Assessments -- Selecting Learner Characteristics: A Case Study Example -- When Should Learner Characteristics Be Assessed? -- Chapter 5 Using Analytical Techniques to Determine Instructional Content -- Identify Content Aligned with Needs Assessment Findings -- Elicit, Synthesize, and Validate Content from Subject Matter Experts -- Analyze Instructional Products to Determine the Adequacy of Content, Instructions, and Learning to Determine Content Coverage.