Software engineering principles in instructional design: What can we learn from our sister discipline?

• In Event: D&D - Instructional Design and Other Fields

Short Description

The field of software engineering and instructional design share many things in common, including several design principles that have not been fully realized in our instructional products. The purpose of this conceptual presentation is to highlight design principles from the field of software engineering and demonstrate how those principles can use utilized within instructional design. Specifically, we will discuss the use of abstraction, modularity, reusability, compatibility, extensibility, scalability, and maintainability.

Authors

• Nor Hafizah Adnan, University of Florida

• Albert Dieter Ritzhaupt, University of Florida