Using Instructional Design Principles to Prepare College Instructors and Preservice Teachers to Integrate Technology into the Classroom
Abstract: College instructors in Teacher Education Programs need an understanding of instructional design (ID) principles to help guide their own teaching and demonstration of technology integration. Such understanding has never been more important than it is now. This is due, in part, to an increasing emphasis on integrating technology, and in particular digital media, into the classroom. It is further accentuated by state and national standards requiring that preservice teachers are taught to integrate technology in their classrooms of tomorrow. When ID knowledge and skills of ID are acquired, instructors can then apply them when integrating technology in their own courses as well as provide their students with opportunities to learn and apply them as well. In the proceedings, we briefly highlight some main principles and processes of ID in coordination with technology integration.