5 Star Instructinal Design Rating

Five Star Instructional Design Rating by M. Davis Merrill was difficult for me to understand the first two pages. I hoped that I would learn more in the second part of the article. I did learn more there. The problem is that I don't remember what I read and so now I have to read it again. Hopefully, I will remember it the second time. I did want to quote a two things that I underlined. " The rating system consists of five stars, one each for Problem, Activation, Demonstration, Application, and Integration. Each star has three levels bronze, silver, or gold depending on whether detailed criteria are met for each category." This rating system is not for reference material, isolated facts, or psychomotor skills. It is for tutorial or experiential (simulation) courseware. I will finish this after I re-read this so I can remember.

Olympic Park

I thought that this was an excellent way for the class to experiences the task of conducting a small-group evaluation. Even though it wasn't a true evaluation, we did get to go through the process. Personally, I enjoyed the experience. I had never been there and now I want to bring my family back to go through. I think that the attitude questionnaire really made me think about it.

A Brief History of Instructional Development

I really liked this opening section of this article. It really gave me a good idea and helped me organized my thoughts. It stated,"A workable definition of instructional development for this chapter might be a self-correcting, systems approach that seeks to apply scientifically derived principles to the planning, design, creation, implementations, and evaluation of effective and efficient instruction."