Instructional Design - Influential Researchers and Theorists

Influential Researchers and Theorists

Alphabetic by last name

  • Bloom, Benjamin – Taxonomies of the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains – 1955
  • Bonk, Curtis – Blended learning – 2000s
  • Bransford, John D. – How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice – 1999
  • Bruner, Jerome – Constructivism
  • Carey, L. – "The Systematic Design of Instruction"
  • Clark, Richard – Clark-Kosma "Media vs Methods debate", "Guidance" debate.
  • Clark, Ruth – Efficiency in Learning: Evidence-Based Guidelines to Manage Cognitive Load / Guided Instruction / Cognitive Load Theory
  • Dick, W. – "The Systematic Design of Instruction"
  • Gagné, Robert M. – Nine Events of Instruction (Gagné and Merrill Video Seminar)
  • Hannum, Wallace H., Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill – numerous articles and books; search via Google and Google Scholar
  • Heinich, Robert – Instructional Media and the new technologies of instruction 3rd ed. – Educational Technology – 1989
  • Jonassen, David – problem-solving strategies – 1990s
  • Langdon, Danny G – The Instructional Designs Library: 40 Instructional Designs, Educational Tech. Publications
  • Mager, Robert F. – ABCD model for instructional objectives – 1962
  • Merrill, M. David – Component Display Theory / Knowledge Objects / First Principles of Instruction
  • Papert, Seymour – Constructionism, LOGO – 1970s
  • Piaget, Jean – Cognitive development – 1960s
  • Piskurich, George – Rapid Instructional Design – 2006
  • Simonson, Michael – Instructional Systems and Design via Distance Education – 1980s
  • Schank, Roger – Constructivist simulations – 1990s
  • Sweller, John – Cognitive load, Worked-example effect, Split-attention effect
  • Reigeluth, Charles – Elaboration Theory, "Green Books" I, II, and III – 1999–2010
  • Skinner, B.F. – Radical Behaviorism, Programed Instruction
  • Vygotsky, Lev – Learning as a social activity – 1930s

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