 | ISD From the Ground Up |
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Product Description
This book belongs on the desk of every trainer - whatever their actual job title may be. Clearly written and chock-full of practical ideas and guidelines, ISD From the Ground Up is both a primer and a go-to resource for students, new trainers, seasoned training managers, and instructional technicians – as well as supervisors, teachers, facilitators, and anyone who finds themselves in a training situation.
By following a single instructional design project from beginning to end, this book provides a general overview of the process as well as practical insight into every phase. Use it as a start-to-finish tutorial, or review specific chapters as needed. You'll find basic and advanced skills, sample forms, tips for success, and a comprehensive glossary of ISD.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #75900 in eBooks
- Published on: 2011-04-07
- Released on: 2011-04-07
- Format: Kindle eBook
- Number of items: 1
Review
"This book provides ISD practitioners with a set of tools that will enable them to consistently produce top-notch instruction." -- Deborah Petska, Senior Education Consultant, McKesson HBOC
"This book takes instructional design and turns it into something magical and fun." -- Colleen Cory Ursone, CEO/CLO, CMC netStudio, Inc
About the Author
Chuck Hodell is the director of the Educational Design Unit of the George Meany Center for Labor Studies-National Labor College in Silver Spring, Maryland. He is also on the faculty at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) in the graduate program in instructional systems development. Hodell has published numerous articles on educational design for ASTD. He is working on a Ph.D. in language, literacy, and culture from UMBC, where he also received his master's degree in instructional systems development. His undergraduate degree is from Antioch University--The George Meany Center in Labor Studies.
Most helpful customer reviews
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
The Best introduction to ISD
By Layla Halabi
Many writers have been debating whether Instructional Systems Design (ISD) is dead or is still a viable method of designing and implementing training programs. The reality, however, is that even if ISD is no longer as wide-spread as a decade or two ago, it remains the basis for most of the other 'models' of training design and implementation and is the foundation upon which e-learning was built.
As a primer on ISD, this is the best book you're ever likely to come across. Written in a clear manner with tons of useful and practical ideas and guidelines, it is essential reading for both the novice and experiences trainer. As the other reviewers have said, if this is not on every trainer's desk in your organization, then it should be.
The book is Divided to Four Sections:
1: The Basics of ISD - a short introduction to the model and the concepts of ISD.
2: Working through the ADDIE Model - Takes through the steps of the ISD process in more detail and with lots of exercises.
3: The Basics of Design and Lesson Plans
4: Tips for Success - This is probably the most useful part of the book with numerous ideas and suggestions to avoid common pitfalls and to enhance the process. It also has a special section on e-learning that I found quite useful as an introduction to the topic.
Overall, this is an excellent book and highly recommended along with Lou Russel's "Project Management for Trainers" which complements this book but focuses on the operational aspects of managing and implementing the Training project.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.A Practical Primer
By Gregory R. Williams
This is a terrific book. We use it in our Master's degree program in Instructional Systems Deveopment at the Univeristy of Maryland, Baltimore County. The author writes in a practical, easy to understand writing style (isn't that the point of communication?). It give our graduate students a great resource for creating hands-on projects in instructional design, elearning and training. I have been in the field over 20 years and still use it on weekly basis.
Greg Williams, Ed.D
Director and Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
ISD-Training Systems Graduate Program
Program Website www.umbc.edu/isd
Faculty Website www.gregwilliams.net
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Great ID book for those new to the field
By Justin Beller
I found this book to be straight forward in its explanation of the ADDIE model of instructional design. It breaks it down by first introducing an overview of the model (the concept) followed by close examination of each component.
Each chapter is concluded with an exercise that demonstrates what was taught and then an opportunity to apply what you learned to exercises on your own.
I recommend this as a great "starter book" for anyone interested in the instructional design field.
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