Competencies for the New-Age Instructional Designer

Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology, Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 569-575

  Sims, Roderick C ^a   Koszalka, Tiffany A ^b  

^a Capella University   (Australia)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competency: A knowledge, skill, or attitude that enables one to effectively perform the activities of a given occupation or function to the standards expected in employment.; Development model: A recommended set of activities or tasks that defines a process for successful instructional design.; Instructional design: A purposeful activity that results in a combination of strategies, activities, and resources to facilitate learning.; Instructional designer: A person with the competencies to design instruction.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957565744     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203880869-47     Document Type: Chapter

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