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Lesson 9 - Development

Lesson 9 Readings

  • Read Chapter 9, Developing Instructional Materials, from Dick and Carey

Background Information

Due to the timeframe of this course, you will not be developing your instructional materials at this time. As such, we will limit our discussion here. However, you will have opportunities to complete work on your instructional design project as you progress through the ITMA program; in future modules you will acquire skills that will aid you in developing and formatively evaluating your materials.

If you’ve completed all of the steps up to this point, take a moment to stop and reflect on your progress. Look at the model above and you will see that you have essentially completed the design stage of instructional design. What remains is to develop (create) your instructional materials, try them out, make any necessary revisions, and then implement your instruction. In the development stage of instructional design, you either select existing instructional materials, develop your own instructional materials, or create specifications for someone else to develop them. At the end of the development process you should have a completed instructional package that includes your instructional materials, assessment instruments, and course management information.

Instructional Design Project Part Six

Even though you will not actually develop your instructional materials in this course, we want you to give some thought to the process you would undertake to develop your materials. In this activity you will begin working on Part Six of your ID Project. Part Six will be comprised of the activities from Lessons 9 and 10, so you will not turn this part in until after Lesson 10.

After reading Chapter 9 in the book, briefly answer the following questions regarding the development of your instructional materials. Please answer each question separately:

  1. Are existing materials available that will match up with your instructional strategy? If so, describe them. Keep in mind that even if there are existing materials in your content area they may not match up with your objectives. If there are no materials available that can be adopted or adapted for your instructional strategy, you will have to develop the materials yourself.

  2. Think about the delivery system you chose, and the types of media you specified in your instructional strategy. With that in mind, describe the types of instructional materials that you will have to develop. This might be lecture notes, handouts, worksheets, PowerPoint presentations, multimedia programs, and/or formal tests. What materials or products might you use to develop them? Will you need to use any special software or equipment? You may need to go back and modify your original decisions to reflect any existing materials you have found, the realities of development and production costs, and any other new thoughts you may have about the process.

  3. What will your role be in the development of the instruction? In some cases the designer is not the same person who will develop the instruction. In many instructional projects the designer prepares the design documents and then hands them over to a team of developers, who then develop the instructional materials to those specifications. Are the developmental tasks you have specified "doable" by you? Or, will you seek outside help? If you are a teacher you are probably laughing at the thought of having outside help, however, you may know of somebody who can help you with your web pages, graphics, video production, or computer coding. Also, keep in mind that throughout this program you will acquire additional skills that will help you create web pages, graphics, audio, and video, so don’t underestimate your abilities.

  4. What will your role be in the delivery of the instruction? In some cases the designer is not the same person who will deliver the instruction. In many instructional projects the finished materials are given to an entirely different person or persons for delivery to the learners. Are you the instructor, or will you hand over your completed instructional materials to someone else? If you are the instructor, will you have an active (teaching) role in the delivery of the materials, or will the students learn on their own? Also, how much guidance will you provide as an instructor? Or, perhaps your materials will be delivered independently of an instructor (e.g., video or computer-based)? If this is the case then all of the learning components and events will have to be included within the instructional materials.

  5. Considering your required materials, what types of rough draft versions could you produce to try out before developing your full-blown materials? When developing your instructional materials, it is best to first develop a rough draft to use in a formative evaluation procedure. These materials should be a low-cost version of your design that can be delivered to a subject matter expert, several learners, or a small group of learners for tryout. Based on these experiences you can then proceed to develop your full-blown materials.

When you have addressed each of these questions, write a summary describing your developmental needs, your role in the development process, and an idea of how you might develop a rough draft of your materials.

Submitting Part Six of Your ID Project

Part Six of your ID Project should be typed up in Microsoft Word. At the top of the paper type "ID Project Part Six: Development and Formative Evaluation". Underneath that include your name, email address, and the date. When you save the file name it "development.doc". You will continue to work on Part 6 of your ID Project in Lesson 10, so do not submit it in until then.

Assignment: ID Project Part Six
Points: 5

Grading Criteria:

  • Describes any existing materials that might match up with their instructional strategy. (.5)
  • Describes the materials that will have to be developed, along with any special software or equipment required for their development. (.5)
  • Describes their role in the development process. Will they develop all of the materials by themselves? If not, describes any outside help they will seek. (.5)
  • Describes their role in the delivery process. Are they the instructor? Also, describes the amount of guidance that will be provided to the learners. (.5)
  • Describes the types of rough draft materials they might produce to try out prior to full-blown development. (.5)
  • Summary that describes their developmental needs, their role in the development process, and how they might develop a rough draft of their materials. (2.5)