Information/Instructional Design

Definition

Instructional design  refers to the process that involves the improvement of instruction, based on the learning needs and systematic development of materials used to learn.

In order to achieve this concept, Designers that specialise in instructional or information design, often turn to technology and multimedia as main tools to effectively improve instruction.

Another definition that I have come across was one from Wikipedia, summed up in the following points. They refer to information/instructional design as:

• a practice, "of creating instructional tools and content to help facilitate effectively".
•  a process; that involves the current state and needs of the learner to create some intervention.

Overall, both definitions have an end goal of instruction.

Designers may choose to base their designs in a number of different environments such as:

-  student driven

- teacher led

- community based settings

With this they have he freedom to utilise their resources and media to create a structure for their learning design such as technology.