Instructional technology is the design, development, use, management and evaluation of resources and processes for learning. It involves designing instructional conditions, developing materials using various technologies, utilizing processes and resources for learning based on principles and research, managing instructional technology projects and systems, and evaluating instructional effectiveness.

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Domains of Instructional Technology
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Schematic from University of Potsdam, 2003
What is Instructional Technology?
Instructional Technology is the theory and
practice of design, development, utilization,
management and evaluation of processes
and resources for learning.
Seels & Richie, 1994

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Design
• Design refers to the process of specifying
conditions for learning.
• The design component demonstrates the
knowledge, skills, and dispositions to design
conditions for learning by applying principles
of instructional systems design, message
design, instructional strategies, and learner
characteristics.
Development
• Development includes the actual creation of
instructional materials and experiences, along
with the resulting products.
• Development includes the knowledge, skills, and
dispositions to develop instructional materials
and experiences using (by applying principles,
theories, and research related to) print,
audiovisual, computer-based, and integrated
technologies.

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Utilization
• Utilization refers to the use of processes
and resources for learning.
• Utilization incorporates the knowledge,
skills, and dispositions to use processes and
resources for learning by applying
principles and theories of (and research
related to) media utilization, diffusion,
implementations, and policy-making.
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Management
• Management refers to processes for
controlling instructional technology.
• Includes the application of principles of
projects, resources, delivery systems, and
information management to the planning,
organizing,coordination, and supervision of
instructional technology.

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Evaluation
• Evaluation is the process for determining
the adequacy of instruction.
• Evaluation focuses on the application of
the principles of problem analysis,
criterion-referenced measurement,
formative and summative evaluation, and
long-range planning to the evaluation of
the products and processes of learning.