A History of Instructional Design and Its Impact on Educational Psychology

Abstract

The term instructional design has only come into use in education in the past decade. It refers to the process of systematically applying instructional theory and empirical findings to the planning of instruction. It is applied educational psychology in the best sense of the term. There is a clear focus on an instructional goal that represents what the learner will be able to do when the instruction is completed, the present skills of the learner, and how instruction will take place.