Instructional Technology : Foundations

First Published in 1987. The technical knowledge that constitutes instructional technology includes practical procedures for using existing media to deliver instruction, and also to deliver portions of instruction that supplement the communications of an instructor. Instructional technology includes practical techniques of instructional delivery that systematically aim for effective learning, whether or not they involve the use of media. It is a basic purpose of the field of instructional technology to promote and aid the application of these known and validated procedures in the design and delivery of instruction. The Major Purpose Of This Book Has Been To Collect The Knowledge That We Now Have Of This Field, Including Some Indications Of Where It Is Going. Each Of The Authors Has Been Encouraged To Report The State Of Knowledge From An Individual Viewpoint. It Is Hoped That These Chapters Will Be Effective In Conveying An Impression Of The State Of The Art In Instructional Technology. They May Provide The Substantive Framework For The Various Techniques That Make Up The Field Of Instructional Technology, The Problems Yet To Be Solved By Research And Development, And An Indication Of The Remarkable Potentialities For The Improvement Of Instruction. 1. Introduction / Robert M. Gagné -- 2. Instructional Technology : A History / Robert A. Reiser -- 3. Foundations In Learning Research / Robert M. Gagné And Robert Glaser -- 4. Instructional Systems Design / Bela H. Banathy -- 5. Identifying And Specifying Requirements For Instruction / Roger Kaufman And Sivasailam Thiagarajan -- 6. Job And Task Analysis / Paul F. Merrill -- 7. Learning Situations And Instructional Models / Charles M. Reigeluth And Ruth V. Curtis -- 8. Learner Characteristics / Sigmund Tobias -- 9. Displays And Communication / Malcolm L. Fleming -- 10. Innovations In Telecommunications / Gwen C. Nugent -- 11. The Evolution Of Computer-aided Educational Delivery Systems / C. Victor Bunderson And Dillon K. Inouye -- 12. Artificial Intelligence And Computer-based Learning / Robert D. Tennyson And Ok Choon Park -- 13. Assessing Instructional Outcomes / Eva L. Baker And Harold F. O'neil, Jr. -- 14. Planning For Instructional Systems / Robert M. Morgan -- 15. Instructional Systems Development / Robert K. Branson And Gerald Grow -- 16. Factors Affecting Utilization / Ernest Burkman -- Author Index -- Subject Index. Edited By Robert M. Gagné. Includes Bibliographies And Indexes. 16 FACTORS AFFECTING UTILIZATION......Page 2 AUTHOR INDEX......Page 0 SUBJECT INDEX......Page 11