Comments on: Phases of the 3PD Approach: Discovering Instructional Design 15

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[...] – or for our purposes – e-learning. As you know, I am a strong exponent of the 3PD model, an approach to instructional design which advocates a iterative approach to courseware [...]

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By: Michael Hanley

Michael Hanley — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:58:30 +0000

Thanks Virginia – I’ll take a look. As you can see from my most recent post, I felt that it was important to differentiate evaluation from assessment: many people seem to use the two terms interchangeably, but of course the former refers is recursive, while the latter is about testing learners’ competencies.
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By: Virginia Yonkers

Virginia Yonkers — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:58:11 +0000

Michael, here is a post that may give you some direction in assessment in terms of instructional design, flexibility, constructivism, and assessment.

By: Michael Hanley

Michael Hanley — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:17:46 +0000

Hi Virginia,
Thanks for your comment. If you’ve been following this series of posts on instructional design, you’ll know that I’ve transitioned from the ‘traditional’ systems approach into a more Cognitivist domain.

As such, the models are less linear, and methods like 3PD have, in my view, to be considered from a number of perspectives. You’ve probably noticed that I’m taking more time looking at Sims & Jones’ work that the previous models, partly because I’m assuming that most learning practitioners have a passing familiarity with Dick & Carey, ADDIE, and so on – partly because there are great online resources already available on this topic (have a look at Donald Clark’s History of ISD here: http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/history_isd/isdhistory.html, for example).

I agree with you that 3PD allows instructors to be flexible in their activities, and the team-based approach the model espouses has many potential advantages for online and asynchronous learning – I see it as a direct-line antecedent to Rapid E-Learning and some Constructivist/Constructionist designs.

I will cover your questions about assessment in forthcoming blog posts on 3PD. Incidentally, many thanks for your query about assessment tools being tied to specific resources – it’s a facet I had not intended to include, but it’s an element that needs to be discussed in detail.

If you have any thoughts on the subject you’d like to contribute, I will be pleased to add your perspective to the article.

Best regards,
Michael
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By: Virginia Yonkers

Virginia Yonkers — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:33:47 +0000

I am unclear here. Is the purpose of the instructional design to have a basic of resources/tools that can be accessed for learning? If so, this is very useful for instructors to be flexible in their teaching, reacting to the environment and learning needs rather than prescribing learning. I also can see it as useful in self directed learning. However, how would learning then be assessed? Are assessment tools tied to specific resources?