Instructional Design Definitions
Shambaugh and Magliaro
- An intellectual process which systematically analyzes the needs of learners and provides features to assist designers construct structured “possibilities” to responsively address those needs.
Dick
- Instructional systems development (ISD) is a process for determining what to teach and how to teach it.
Richey
- Instructional design can be defined as the science of creating detailed specifications for the development, evaluation, and maintenance of situations which facilitate the learning of both large and small units of subject matter.