Curriculum, Plans, and Processes in Instructional Design: International Perspectives

Prominent researchers and practitioners from instructional design, as well as the learning sciences-from both the U.S. and around the world-have contributed to this volume. This volume is a valuable resource for graduate students, scholars, and researchers in the fields of instructional design and educational technology, as well as for those who wish to develop expertise in training in industrial, military, public and academic organizations.

Norbert M. Seel is chair and professor for research on learning and instructional design, as well as the head of the Department of Educational Sciences at the Albert-Ludwigs-University at Freiburg, Germany. His research interests include model-based learning and thinking, inductive reasoning and complex problem solving, the investigation of exploratory learning within technology-enhanced environments, and processes of decision making in instructional design. Seel has published 16 books, among them the textbook, Psychology of Learning (2nd ed.), as well as numerous refereed journal articles and book chapters in the area of cognitive psychology, research on learning, and instruction. He is one of the editors of the two volumes Instructional Design: International Perspectives and is the European editor of the journal Technology, Instruction, Cognition, and Learning.
Sanne Dijkstra is emeritus professor of instructional technology in the Faculty of the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Twente, The Netherlands. He has been assistant and associate professor of experimental and educational psychology at the Free University of Amsterdam. In 1982 Dijkstra became full professor of education at the University of Twente--the assignment encompassed the responsibility for the research and teaching of instructional design theories and models, as well as the training of teachers of chemistry, mathematics, and physics. His areas of interest include the psychology of cognition and cognitive processes, and industrial and educational psychology. Much of his research publications are on instructional design and the effectiveness and efficiency of the models used. He has a strong interest in the acquisition of knowledge and skills by solving problems.