noun phrase · academic
instructional design
/ɪnˈstrʌkʃənəl dɪˈzaɪn/in·STRUC·tion·al de·SIGN
the systematic process of designing teaching materials, activities, and assessments to facilitate learning
Examples
“Good instructional design ensures that learning objectives align with assessments.”
“She studied instructional design to create more effective online courses.”
“Instructional design often draws on psychology to sequence learning tasks logically.”
Band 8 sentence
“The university invested in instructional design specialists to reconceptualize large first-year modules for blended delivery.”
Collocations
- apply instructional design principles
- instructional design model
- instructional design team
Word family
Common mistakes
instructoral design→instructional design
design of instruction→instructional design
Say it for a higher band
5course design→6lesson planning→7+instructional design
Synonyms
curriculum design
Easily confused
curriculum design
“The curriculum design sets the topics for the semester while the instructional design decides how to teach them.”
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