The presentations in class of the history of instructional design were a helpful review of a lot of the theories we learned in 800 and how they relate to modern instructional systems design. It was particularly useful to go over the various intructional theories, such as Bruner's and Gagne's, to see the relationships between their cognitive studies and the applications or practices that developed out of them.
The relationship between cognitive understanding and good design is also reinforced in The Design of Everyday Things. It is notable that the author does not have a background in design, but rather in cognitive psychology. It raises questions for me about why designers and prodcut developers don't receive more training in human cognition and usability!
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