This document provides an overview of developing instructional materials. It discusses that the designer may also take on the roles of materials developer and instructor. When the designer is not the instructor, different individuals may be assigned different functions on an instructional design team. The delivery method and media selection may be influenced by the availability of existing materials, production constraints, and the level of instructor facilitation. Key components of an instructional package include the instructional materials, assessments, and course management materials. Formative evaluation through methods like rapid prototyping and rough drafts can help improve the instructional materials. Learner participation is also important.

1. Developing
Instructional
Materials
PRESENTED: MICHAEL MERRIWEATHER

2. Background
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3. Objectives
 Designers are also the Materials
Developer and the Instructor
 When the Designer Is Not the
Instructor
 The Delivery and Media Selection
 Availability of Existing Instructional
Materials
 Production and Implementation
Constraints
 Amount of Instructor Facilitation
 Components of instructional
package
 Instructional Material
 Assessment
 Course Management Material
 Instructional Material and
Formative Evaluation
 Rapid Protoyping
 Rough Draft
 Learner Participation
 References/ URL’s

4. Designers are also the Materials Developer
and the Instructor
 The person who designs the instruction also develops materials and
teaches students.
 They take on different teaching responsibilities based on the types
of materials prescribed in the instructional strategy.
 Can be delivered independently of an instructor

5. When the Designer Is Not the Instructor
 In a smaller ID setting:
 one individual may be
responsible for more than
one function,
 whereas in a larger setting,
 multiple individuals may be
assigned to each function.
 In ID teams, it is common
for the manager to be a
senior-level instructional
designer and for the
instructional designer also
to be a materials
developer,

6. The Delivery and Media Selection
Three factors often cause compromise in
selections of media and delivery system:
1. Availability of existing instructional
materials,
2. Production and implementation constraints
3. The amount of facilitation provided by the
instructor during instruction.

7. Availability of Existing Instructional
Materials
 Existing materials are an attractive alternative to going through the
development and production process.
 Oftentimes substituted for planned materials on a scale ranging
from a single motivational sequence in one lesson to an entire
course or curriculum.

8. Production and Implementation Constraints
Novice designers who have not worked with complex media often:
1. Severely underestimate the costs of hiring commercial production
2. Equally underestimate the expertise
3. Infrastructure
4. Time requirements for in-house production.

9. Amount of Instructor
Facilitation
 Instructor facilitation is a particular feature of classroom instruction
favored by students and instructors alike, whether meeting face-to-
face or at a distance.
 Different levels of classroom facilitation are provided by the
designer when he or she is also the instructor.

10. Components of instructional
package
 Instructional Material
 Assessment
 Course Management Material

11. Instructional Material
Refers to any preexisting materials being incorporated,
as well as to those materials developed specifically for
the objectives.

12. Assessment
 All instructional materials should be accompanied by
objective tests or by product or performance
assessments

13. Course Management Material
Course management support for the instructor consist of:
 Automated class listing
 Student tracking
 Online testing
 Project monitoring
 Grade book
 Variety of communication
 Messaging mechanisms.

14. Instructional Material and Formative
Evaluation
 Rough Draft
 Rapid Prototyping

15. Rapid Protoyping
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16. Rough Draft
The purpose for doing a rough draft of materials is to
create a quick low-cost version of your design.

17. Learner Participation
learner participation component is also:
 formatted for web-based instruction
 enabling learners to study independently. Learners
can print the pages containing the script,
 locating and marking all instances of behavior directly
on the printed pages.

18. References/ URL’s
 Carey, Lou, and James O. Carey. "Developing
Assessment Instruments."The Systematic Design of
Instruction. By Walter Dick. 8th ed. N.p.: n.p., n.d. 282-
251. Print

19. Change Agent, Reflective Practitioner,
Lifelong Learner
 Reflective Practitioner: Understand their disciplines and how
learners learn. This understanding enables them to make
judgments about the knowledge level of students and to make
decisions about representing the content in ways that facilitate
the students’ intellectual growth
 Change Agent: Collaborate with other members of the
professional community and take responsibility for school,
curricular, and instructional decisions which help create student-
centered learning communities.
 Lifelong Learner: Continue to expand their repertoire of
knowledge and experience, update their skills, evaluate and
enhance their dispositions, and further their ability to refine and
adapt their decision making process to more diverse and
continuously changing educational settings.

20. Presenter Contact
Michael Merriwether
Email: Mr.Mmerriweather@gmail.com
Cell #: 404-775-9222