{"id":1004,"date":"2006-10-03T17:01:43","date_gmt":"2006-10-03T17:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.designedtoinspire.com\/blog\/my-introduction-to-agile-instructional-design\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T22:04:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T03:04:59","slug":"my-introduction-to-agile-instructional-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.designedtoinspire.com\/blog\/my-introduction-to-agile-instructional-design\/","title":{"rendered":"My Introduction to Agile Instructional Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My professor introduced us to an interesting concept paper about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawsthorne.org\/bit\/docs\/RawsthorneAIDFinal.pdf\">Agile Instructional Design<\/a> written by Peter <span>Rawsthorme<\/span>. One thing linked to another (as it usually does) and I have not only gained a new perspective on instructional design, but a new resource for mind bending ideas &#8211; see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawsthorne.org\/\">Peter&#39;s web site<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/criticaltechnology.blogspot.com\/\">current blog<\/a>. <span>At the heart of the paper on Agile ID is the perspective that <span>traditional<\/span> ID methods can &quot;suffer the <span>restraints<\/span> of their linear roots.&quot; The author proposes that those restraints should be addressed to better consider,<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span><em>&quot;&#8230; time, budget, changing learning theories, <span>increased<\/span> use of <span>constructivis<\/span><span><span>t<\/span> methods<\/span>, <span>availability<\/span> of <span>subject mater<\/span> experts, changing ID <span>development<\/span> staff, rapidly changing technology and media channels &#8230;&quot;<\/em><br \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Whether an Agile ID model becomes the solution, it is hard to deny the top down (designer not learner driven) nature of traditional instructional design methods that results in a fairly static outcomes (a &quot;finished&quot; course or <span>instructional<\/span> module). It raises many questions in my mind, <span>including<\/span> 1) How can the value derived from learner involvement be better incorporated into the design process? and 2) How can the learning environment be <span>designed<\/span> to allow and encourage its own evolution?  <\/p>\n<p>However, on the flip side, I can appreciate why (rightly or wrongly) a designer would prefer a more traditional ID approach as it helps the designer to control the process and narrow the focus of the learning outcome. Taken to the extreme, I could image the Agile process never satisfying any learning &quot;objective&quot; if the objectives, as well as the design and delivery, are always moving targets. But, that raises even more questions that will have to wait for another day &#8230; <\/p>\n<p>  <!-- technorati tags begin --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: right\">technorati tags:<a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/instructional%20design\">instructional design<\/a>, <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Agile%20design\">Agile design<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- technorati tags end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My professor introduced us to an interesting concept paper about Agile Instructional Design written by Peter Rawsthorme. One thing linked to another (as it usually does) and I have not only gained a new perspective on instructional design, but a new resource for mind bending ideas &#8211; see Peter&#39;s web site and current blog. 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