Category: Design Theories & Models
Elaboration Theory (Reigeluth)
Summary: Elaboration theory is an instructional design theory that argues that content to be learned should be organized from simple to complex order, while providing a meaningful context in which subsequent ideas can be integrated.
Originators: Charles Reigeluth (Indiana University) and his colleagues in the late 1970s.
Key Terms: conceptual elaboration sequence, theoretical elaboration sequence, simplifying conditions sequence
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ADDIE Model
Summary: The ADDIE model is a systematic instructional design model consisting of five phases: (1) Analysis, (2) Design, (3) Development, (4) Implementation, and (5) Evaluation. Various flavors and versions of the ADDIE model exist.
Originator: Unknown. Refined by Dick and Carey and others.
Key terms: Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation
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ARCS Model of Motivational Design (Keller)
Summary: According to John Keller’s ARCS Model of Motivational Design, there are four steps for promoting and sustaining motivation in the learning process: Attention, Relevance, Confidence, Satisfaction (ARCS).
Originator: John Keller
Key terms: Attention, Relevance, Confidence, Satisfaction (ARCS)
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