Ed at a Distance Magazine and Ed Journal
October 2000
Editors Podium
Don and Elizabeth Perrin
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Table of Contents
1. Cybercentrism: A Teleology of Knowledge Management Dynamics
for the Virtually-Extended Enterprise
by Lansing Alexander Gordon
2. Instructional Design for Distance Education
by Jerrold E. Kemp
3. Evaluation of Fall 1999 Online Courses
by Andreea M. Serban
4. Pay-per-Use Society One Step Closer
by Congressman Rick Boucher
5. A Persisting Digital Divide puts Millions of Americans at an Economic,
Social and Political Disadvantage
by Consumer Union
6. The Writings of Guy Bensusan –Chapter C-1
Utilize Portfolios for Student Accumulation of Growth Evidence
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EDITORS PODIUM
Drs. Don and Elizabeth Perrin
What is instructional design? I see it used constantly to describe teachers,
students, artists, and media producers and others who are involved in the design
of instruction. It is a term that has been used for half a century to describe some
mystical or magical skill that produces exciting curriculum materials that are
accurate, relevant and up to date. It is integral to the production of high quality
learning media.
Jerry Kemp, then from San Jose State University, was an early advocate of the
need for a systematic process for needs assessment, design, production, and
evaluation – the basic elements of his instructional design model. Mager taught
us to write objectives with criteria based on behaviors that are observable and
measurable under predetermined conditions. Gagne enlarged upon the
conditions for learning. Many educators added dimensions to the design model
and some even conducted research to validate their findings. One of the most
significant of these is the Keller model. His research found that clear objectives,
their importance to the overall goal, and achievable by the learner were
fundamental to success. If I were asked to create a model, it wo