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Architectural theory of instructional design

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The Invisible Message, Andrew S. Gibbons Iii, Elizabeth Boling Aug 2020

The Invisible Message, Andrew S. Gibbons Iii, Elizabeth Boling

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The number and variety of messages conveyed by an instructional experience is astonishing, but most designers are unaware of their number, subtlety, and impact. Many of those messages they would not choose to send if they recognized their existence in practice. The design of invisible and abstract message structures receives less attention from designers today than those parts of the design given to more vivid, colorful, and showy surface structures. Invisible message structures work behind the scenes to produce the smooth surface performances in front of the curtain; they are seldom seen directly, but their power is indisputable. The purpose …


The Application Of Layer Theory To Design: The Control Layer, Andrew S. Gibbons Iii, Matt Langton Jan 2016

The Application Of Layer Theory To Design: The Control Layer, Andrew S. Gibbons Iii, Matt Langton

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Validation of an architectural theory of instructional design layering is accomplished for one of the proposed layers by verifying the theory’s claim that for every layer there exists a body of design theory from outside the field of instructional design that is capable of informing design within that layer.