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Instructional Design Resources

ADDIE model
Looks at the the five phases of Addie: Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation which represent a dynamic, flexible guideline for building effective training and performance support tools as well as its weaknesses.
Backwards Design
Provides and overview of, descritpion of the benefits of, the stages of, and an backwards design template.
From Bowen, Ryan S., (2017). Understanding by Design. Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching. Retrieved [todaysdate] from https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/understanding-by-design/.
Gagne's 9 Conditions of Learning
Provides an overview of Gagne's theory, the nine level of instruction, applications and much more.
Iterative Design
Discusses the iterative design process, types of it, and the rational behind it. Link out to other related resources.

Learning Theories
Connect to overviews of many learning theories including: Andragogy, Cognitive Dissance Theory, Constructivist Theory, Experiential Learning, Model Centered Instruction and Design Layering, Situated Learning, Social Learning, Transformation Learning, and more from instructionaldesign.org
Learning Objectives
Briefly defines learning objectives, and explains their importance. Then illustrates the three important components of a useful learning objective, and clarifies some common misconceptions. There are six sections in the lesson. (from Northern Virginia Community College)
Articulate Your Learning Objectives
By Carnegie Mellon University, clearly explains why we need to articulate our learning objectives and how to articulate our learning objectives. In addition, it also provides a list of action verbs and samples of learning objectives from different disciplines.

American Society for Training & Development (ASTD)
ASTD is one of he world's leading association of workplace learning and performance professionals, forming a world-class community of practice
The eLearning Guild
The eLearning Guild is a community of practice for designers, developers, and managers of e-Learning.
InstructionalDesign.org
Supports students, educators, instructional designers, learning engineers, policy makers, and all others interested in the learning sciences and the art of designing effective learning experiences. Content on the site was created by Greg Kearsley and Richard Culatta with input from many experienced learning designers.
Instructional Design Expert.com
As you explore this site, you will discover that instructional design is not limited by certain rules or processes. You are only limited by your own imagination. By learning the basic concepts and then applying your imagination, your audience will exceed your expectations of the courses that you design.
Quality Matters
Supports online education with their defacto emerging standard and trainings for quality assurance.

Introduction to Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
A short YouTube video created by CAST illustrates the three principles of Universal Design for Learning.
National Center on Disability and Access to Education
Contains a wealth of resources intended to increase awareness of universal access and the need to develop accessible electronically-mediated education. The target audience is broad and includes policy makers, educators, and industry leaders. Here you can find informative cheatsheets, articles, and institutional tips that further increase understanding of electronic accessibility,
WAVE: Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool
WAVE is developed and made available as a free community service by WebAIM. Originally launched in 2001, WAVE has been used to evaluate the accessibility of millions of web pages.
WebAIM
This introduction should help you understand how people with disabilities use the web, the frustrations they feel when they cannot access the web, and what you can do to make your sites more accessible

Color Safe
Empowering designers with beautiful and accessible color palettes based on WCAG Guidelines of text and background contrast ratios.
Creative Commons
The Creative Commons provides free, easy-to-use copyright licenses to make a simple and standardized way to give the public permission to share and use your creative work–on conditions of your choice.
Open Clipart
community and collection of vector clip art that is free content. The project's slogan is, "Openclipart is the largest community of artists making the best free original clipart for you to use for absolutely any reason."
Pexels
All photos on Pexels are free for any personal and commercial purpose.
Pixabay
Provides over 1.4 million royalty free stock photos, illustrations, and videos