What’s in a name? Are we still Instructional Design or something else?

• In Event: AECT- What’s in a name? Are we still Instructional Design or something else? (h)

Short Description

Name shifting is happening once again within AECT and other organizations. Now there are attempts to change instructional design, a known entity, to learning design. How problematic are names changes to a field’s identity and its professionals? At this presentation, we discuss how changes occur and whether differences between instructional design and learning design actually exist. We identify potential consequences for the field and its professionals in terms of lost market share and loss of a common language among professionals.

Authors

• Presenter: Gayle V. Davidson-Shivers, University of South Alabama

• Presenter: Nancy B. Hastings, University of West Florida

• Presenter: John H Curry, Idaho State University

• Presenter: Matthew Schmidt, University of Florida