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 * Some links to ID resources**

General Information about Instructional Design
[|IBSTIPI Competencies for instructional design]. The original set of ID competencies was developed in 1986, and this is an updated set of 23 competencies and 127 performance statements.

ID Theories
[|Theory in Educational Technology], University of Saskatchewan This site contains several papers on topics of theory and philosophy in educational technology. Includes discussions of behaviourism, cognitivism, constructivism, semiotics, cybernetics, motivation, metacognition, learning communities and ESL.

Explorations in Learning & Instruction: The Theory Into Practice Database Summaries of major theories of learning and instruction are provided at this site. Links to other instructional design sites are also available.

Welcome to Funderstanding's Adventures in Learning This site includes the Learning Theory Funhouse with links to information on the core theories of education, cognitive science, and other related fields. There's also a Learning Theory Chat Forum.\

Visual Design
The Yale Style Guide. Need I say more? It is from Yale, afterall. This is an excellent online resource for all manner of visual design issues, and it is well illustrated

Visual Design for Instructional Multimedia. Hey, we wrote it, so it must be terrific! :-)

Professional Organizations in Instructional Design
CNIE - Canadian Network for Innovation in Education AECT Association for Educational Communications & Technology AERA American Educational Research Associatio ISPI (International Society for Performance Improvement) ASTD American Society for Training and Development AACEAssociation for the Advancement of Computing in Education

Random stuff from my Delicious library
[|AT&T Archives: Telephone Courtesy - AT&T Tech Channel] Training film on telephone etiquette from the 1940s.

[|YouTube - Creating A Hit: 8 Hour Challenge] Making a pop hit in < 8 hours. Fabulous. Many design issues attached.

[|Wes Fryer on Teaching EdTech to PreService Education Students (Fall 2010] great observations and ideas for teaching preservice education students about technology with technology

[|My 12 Favourite Gifts from OLDaily at EdTechPost] Greatest hits from Downes chosen by Scott Leslie.

[|Keynote themes and templates for interactive prototyping of iPad, iPhone, Android and web applications] Here's a classroom project. Get your kids to prototype a mobile app. http://keynotopia.com no programming necessary.

[|Text Mechanic - Text Manipulation Tools] Neat set of text manipulation tools. I don't know when they would be useful, but I want to keep them handy, just in case I find a use for them.

[|Instructional Design Principles - I'm Thinking ...] Darren Kuropatwa and I had a considerable discussion about the seeming conflict between a couple of design principles

[|Instructional Design and E-Learning Blogs « Experiencing E-Learning] Great list of ID blogs! Current to summer, 2010

[|Mundial 2010 MARCA Worldcup Calendar] The coolest calendar design ever!

[|Cammy Bean's Learning Visions: Instructional Design as a practice in corporate vs. academia] ID in the corporate world vs. academic world. Maybe a little to clean cut, but includes a link to Edtechtalk recording and with notes. Interesting to see that Bloomburg has a corporate track and academic track in their ID program.

[|Learnlets » The Great ADDIE Debate] Good for framing discussion around ID models.

[|FLV Crunch for Mac] Useful for converting video formats -- and free

[|Adobe TV] Amazing resource... training modules for Adobe products. Given Adobe's questionable reputation for supporting their products (at least, it is what I've always heard), I see this as a real image enhancer for the company. What's more, most Adobe products have a lot of depth -- features few of us ever use or even know about. This resource hits some of the more esoteric topics - not just the basics. Thanks, Adobe!

[|It is About Time: Getting Our Values Around Copyright] Larry Lessig's Educause 2009 keynote. Brilliant

[|100 Excellent Language Lessons on You Tube | Associate Degree - Facts and Information] The title says it all. Not sure about the excellent part in some cases, but reviewed only a sample of them.

[|MVU - Instructional Design Standards Matrix] Tools for evaluating online courses -- interesting and very comprehensive toolset, including a course evaluator. Draws on the Merrill school of ID thought, so you'll find their assumptions to be performance-based.

Some Beginning ID Books

 * **e-****Learning and the Science of Instruction** by Ruth Colvin Clark & Richard E. Mayer
 * **Making Sense of Online Learning : A Guide for Beginners and the Truly Skeptical** by Patti Shank & Amy Sitze
 * **The Online Learning Idea Book: 95 Proven Ways to Enhance Technology-Based and Blended Learning** edited by Patti Shank
 * **The E-Learning Handbook: Past Promises, Present Challenges** by Saul Carliner & Patti Shank
 * **Designing Successful e-Learning** by Michael Allen
 * **Evidence-Based Training Methods** by Ruth Clark
 * **Preparing Instructional Objectives :** **A Critical Tool in the Development of Effective Instruction** by Robert F. Mager
 * **Instructional Design Strategies and Tactics** by Cynthia B. Leshin, Joellyn Pollock, and Charles M. Reigeluth
 * **ISD: From the Ground Up :** **A No-Nonsense Approach to Instructional Design** by Chuck Hodell
 * **The Art of Facilitation** by Dale Hunter and Anne Bailey and Bill Taylor
 * **The Systematic Design of Instruction** by Walter Dick, Lou Carey, James O. Carey
 * **Instructional Design** by Tillman J. Ragan & Patricia L. Smith
 * **eLearning by Design** by William Horton
 * [|**Graphics for Learning: Proven Guidelines for Planning, Designing, and Evaluating Visuals in Training Materials**] by Ruth C. Clark and Chopeta Lyons
 * [|**Guide to eLearning**] by Micheal Allen
 * **Creative Training Techniques Handbook: Tips, Tactics, and How-To’s for Delivering Effective Training** by Robert Pike
 * **Made to Stick** by the Heath brothers
 * **Designing Effective Instruction** by Gary R. Morrison, Steven M. Ross, and Jerrold E. Kemp
 * **The Principles of Instructional Design** by Gagne et al
 * **e-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning** by Ruth C. Clark, Richard E. Mayer
 * **Train for Results** by Catherine Mattiske
 * **First Principles of Instruction** by M David Merrill