Description
Instructional design is pivotal to the landscape of education. Shifts in the educational landscape require different approaches to meet different needs. While it is important to realize that education in modern society looks much different than decades ago, it is essential to understand that the basic components of instructional design have not changed. No matter the classroom, all learning must begin with clear goals and objectives, learning activities, and assessments. From there, instruction is designed using a number of models or instructional designs as a foundation to develop learning.
The Impact and Importance of Instructional Design in the Educational Landscape provides relevant theoretical instructional design models and the latest research findings related to these models. Covering topics such as co-teaching, lesson planning and delivery, and universal design for learning (UDL), this premier reference source is an excellent resource for pre-service and in-service teachers, teacher educators, instructional technology professionals, library media specialists, educational administrators, instructional leaders, researchers, and academicians.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Christie Calhoun (Ed.)
Christie Calhoun
is an Associate Professor at Jacksonville State University in Northeast Alabama. Her expertise is in Elementary Education, Literacy, Language Arts, Instructional Design, and Children's Literature. She is currently serving as Department Head for the department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education and Professional Studies at Jacksonville State University.