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Instructional System Development: The Fourth Generation

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Automating Instructional Design: Computer-Based Development and Delivery Tools

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This chapter describes the fourth generation of instructional system development (ISD4). ISD4 is uniquely suited for automation because of its dynamic and iterative system design. Employing science-wide complexity theory, ISD4 offers a solution(s) to learning problems only after the problem is defined. Additionally, the prescribed solution can be altered during the actual process of instructional development. The situational evaluation component (diagnosis) proposes solutions based upon the learning problem, risk (i.e., cost and efficiency), and instructional design competence of the author. The knowledge base of ISD4 includes contemporary updates from such fields as cognitive psychology, educational technology, and risk management. As a result, the fourth generation ISD models are showing extensive changes in most techniques of the instructional development process.

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Tennyson, R.D. (1995). Instructional System Development: The Fourth Generation. In: Tennyson, R.D., Barron, A.E. (eds) Automating Instructional Design: Computer-Based Development and Delivery Tools. NATO ASI Series, vol 140. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57821-2_3

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