Rapid Prototyping for eLearning

RAPID PROTOTYPING

Developing Interactive Learning Environments

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Michael M. Grant 2010

I first encountered the problematic relationship between plans and situated actions when, after years of trying to follow Gagné's theory of instructional design, I repeatedly found myself, as an instructional designer, making ad hoc decisions throughout the design and development process. At first, I attributed this discrepancy to my own inexperience as an instructional designer. Later, when I became more experienced, I attributed it to the incompleteness of instructional design theories. Theories were, after all, only robust and mature at the end of a long developmental process, and instructional design theories had a very short history. Lately, however, I have begun to believe that the discrepancy between instructional design theories and instructional design practice will never be resolved because instructional design practice will always be a form of situated activity (i.e. depend on the specific, concrete, and unique circumstances of the project I am working on).

from Streibel, M. (1991). Instructional plans and situated learning: The challenge of Suchman's theory of situated action for instructional designers and instructional systems. In Gary Anglin (Ed.),Instructional

technology: Past, Present, and Future (pp. 122). Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.

from Rieber (1999)

Process

History of Rapid Prototyping

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Types of Prototypes

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Advantages & Disadvantages

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Tips to Remember

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from Tripp, S., & Bichelmeyer, B. (1990)

References Allen, M. (2007). Designing successful e-Learning, Michael Allen's online learning library: Forget

what you know about instructional design and do something interesting. San Francisco: Pfeiffer.

  Allen Interactions. (n.d.) Supervisor effectiveness: Employee security [interactive module, images].

Retrieved February 4, 2010 from http://www.alleninteractions.com/demos/corning/course/supervisoreffectiveness.swf

Lynch, M.M. & Roecker, J. (2007). Project managing e-learning: A handbook for successful design, delivery and management. New York: Routledge.

Piskurich, G.M. (2006). Rapid instructional design: Learning ID fast and right (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Pfeiffer.

Rieber, L.P. (1999). Comparing design and development within rapid prototyping and formative evaluation [image]. Retrieved February 4, 2010 from http://it.coe.uga.edu/studio/seminars/rpfe.html

Streibel, M. (1991). Instructional plans and situated learning: The challenge of Suchman's theory of situated action for instructional designers and instructional systems. In G.Anglin (Ed.),Instructional technology: Past, Present, and Future (pp. 122). Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.

Tripp, S., & Bichelmeyer, B. (1990). Rapid prototyping: An alternative instructional design strategy [image]. Educational Technology Research & Development, 38(1), 31-44.