INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN PRINCIPLE

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN PRINCIPLE

     There are many instruction design principle or models that can be discussed and debated. Many of them are linear model and provide substantial guide for the teacher. To name a few, you might want to take a look at Robert Mager, Benjamin Bloom (Bloom Taxonomy), Ruth Clark, Dick & Carey and David Merrill.

     Although the instructional design principles created and authenticated by the above names are as good as any other but i had decided to discuss on one instructional design principles that are different from the stated above.

     

    The instructional design that we are going to focus is Gagne's Nine Events by Robert Gagne.

There are nine events or steps you might say in this principle and let me explain one after another.

1. Gain Attention- this step is important as it will make the learners excited to learn and it will help to calm down the normal jitters in the class and prepare the students for the lesson.

2. Inform Learner Of Objective- this step will ensure that the students will have the knowledge about what they are going to learn and what is important in the subject matter.

3.Stimulate Recall Of Prior Learning- Prior knowledge is essential in any learning topic as the students should be able to relate the lesson with their experience and the knowledge they already had so that they can build and fossilize the new input.

4.Present Information- this is a step in which the teacher will play a pivotal role in providing new information and new knowledge to the students about the learning area.

5.Provide Guidance- The teacher should facilitate the learning session whereby he or she should be able to guide the students to make sure that every single student in the class is able to grasp the knowledge.

6.Elicit Performance- Once the students are able to understand and digest the knowledge, the teacher should test them with asking random questions and let the students explain what they had learned to make sure they really knew what they had got from the teacher today.

7.Provide Feedback- the teacher should provide feedback to the students either as encouragement or as correction to make sure that the students get the concept right.

8.Assess Performance- Worksheet or any other assessment is needed to assess the students understanding towards the topic and to test their ability to relate and respond to the new input given.

9.Enhance Retention and Transfer- This step is about making sure the students are able to put their learnt knowledge on a performance or on a piece of paper such as essay.