Category Archives: Learning Design

About Educational Design, Learning Design, Instructional Design. My struggles with ADDIE, Gagne and ISD: and life as an Educational Designer, where theory and practice, psychology, politics, money, serendipity and expediency meet.

Educational Design: inside the black box

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Derek Chirnside

I’ve pinched this title from some of the work on formative assessment.  It is quite expressive of what I want to say. I remain interested at the role commonly referred to as Educational Design with the two alternative titles: instructional … Continue reading →

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The dilemma of ADDIE

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Derek Chirnside

ADDIE: The standard learning design model is usually some kind of feedback cycle known as ADDIE – with five phases—Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation, designed as a  guideline for building effective learning materials and courses. This is a Instructional … Continue reading →

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Educational Design

Posted on September 10, 2007 by Derek Chirnside

We have just had our UCTL Open Day, five 30 minute sessions and a keynote from Sandra Wills, the director of CEDIR They are a unit with some similar functions to ours. Their byline: Centre for Educational Development and Interactive … Continue reading →

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Website Design Project

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Derek Chirnside

We are setting up a new website for UCTL in Drupal. A really cool project, after a month of fiddling, we now think this will do what we want (easy to navigate, easily updated, potential for interaction, sign up sheets, … Continue reading →

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