He brings a wide array of professional experience to CPG, including the application of principals within cognitive psychology, industrial-organization psychology, adult learning and expertise development to facilitate human performance and training system design/assessment. Dr. Fitkin obtained his Doctorate of Philosophy in Instructional Modeling and Simulation from Old Dominion University as well as a Doctorate of […]
Today we have an extra special guest post from ISD Master’s student and CPG partner Melinda Gomez. Please enjoy! Medical robots are not just the future of health care, but part of the present. Improving health care has become a priority for all medical providers and robots are slowly being implemented as part of the […]
“The Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) promotes cooperation among the Armed Services, Industry, Academia and various Government agencies in pursuit of improved training and education programs, identification of common training issues and development of multiservice programs.” (iitsec.org) We are excited to share with you some of the unique opportunities you have to […]
At CPG we are very fortunate to have Naomi Malone as one of our Research Scientist. Naomi is currently finishing her dissertation to complete her degree in Instructional Design. For today’s blog post we asked her to provide us a brief summary of her research.
The ADDIE model is one of the most popular structures used by training developers today. The acronym, “ADDIE,” represents the five phases of the instructional design process: Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate. This model helps developers think through a course’s design (Instructional Design, n.d.). It has long been used as a framework for creating effective educational courses and […]
CPG’s very own, Naomi Malone, along with Kendra Minor are the authors of an article included in this newly published book, Grounded Designs for Online and Hybrid Learning: Designs in Action. The article investigates how an experiential learning strategy may be used to design online and hybrid learning atmospheres. Read this post for the summary of their chapter.
Influences from communication theory include Frank Dwyer’s work on components that direct attention during instruction, Richard Mayer’s multimedia message design, and John Sweller and his colleagues’ work on the effects of message structure on cognitive processing. Important concepts encompass Cognitive Load Theory (CLT), cueing techniques, split attention, and single and multi-channeled communication. Learning theories that […]
There is some confusion about what instructional design (ID) is. Perhaps the confusion lies in the word ‘design’, which suggests the creation of technology-based products requiring a great deal of programming and graphic design skills. Although these skills are often useful (and sometimes very useful when programmers and graphic designers are not available), the main goal of ID is to translate pedagogical research and practice into instructional curriculum in order to produce desired learning outcomes.
Katie Smith sits down with CPG’s new Instructional Designer, Naomi Malone. They discuss Naomi’s background before starting at CPG and about her educational interests. We introduced Naomi here. Now join us as we learn more about her. Katie: Naomi, it’s great to have you on board! Can you tell our readers about your background and […]