ABSTRACT
The practice of instructional design consists of applying strategies to analyze, design, and development solutions that best address the needs of a situation. Experienced instructional designers apply an iterative approach to design where they take a systemic view of the situation and use that information to inform their design. While several books have been written that outline the fundamental practices of instructional design, many of these imply that instructional design is simply a systematic and linear process. The purpose of this chapter is to provide our view of instructional design and explain the impetus for this book, which is focused on how to teach instructional design.
