Towards an understanding of instructional design heuristics: An exploratory Delphi study

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 841-863

  York, Cindy S ^a   Ertmer, Peggy A ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delphi; Heuristics; IBSTPI competencies for instructional designers; Instructional design

Indexed keywords

EID: 81455158948     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-011-9209-2     Document Type: Article

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