Instructional Technology/Instructional Theory

The following authors have had profound influence on the field of instructional technology.

Robert Gagne

 * Conditions of Learning
 * Mastery Learning
 * Learning Hierarchies
 * Nine Events of Instruction
 * Five Domains of Learning

M. David Merrill

 * Teaching Concepts (with Tennyson)
 * Component Display Theory
 * Elaboration Theory for Content Sequencing (with Reigeluth)
 * Instructional Transaction Theory for Instructional Strategies
 * First Principles for Instruction
 * Five Star Rating System for Instruction

Michael J. Spector

 * Automated Instructional Design

Charles Reigeluth

 * Elaboration Theory

David Jonassen

 * Constructivist Learning Environments (CLEs)

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