Instructional Design - Influential Researchers and Theorists

Influential Researchers and Theorists

Alphabetic by last name

• Bloom, Benjamin – Taxonomies of the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains – 1955
• Bonk, Curtis – Blended learning – 2000s
• Bransford, John D. – How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice – 1999
• Bruner, Jerome – Constructivism
• Carey, L. – "The Systematic Design of Instruction"
• Clark, Richard – Clark-Kosma "Media vs Methods debate", "Guidance" debate.
• Clark, Ruth – Efficiency in Learning: Evidence-Based Guidelines to Manage Cognitive Load / Guided Instruction / Cognitive Load Theory
• Dick, W. – "The Systematic Design of Instruction"
• Gagné, Robert M. – Nine Events of Instruction (Gagné and Merrill Video Seminar)
• Hannum, Wallace H., Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill – numerous articles and books; search via Google and Google Scholar
• Heinich, Robert – Instructional Media and the new technologies of instruction 3rd ed. – Educational Technology – 1989
• Jonassen, David – problem-solving strategies – 1990s
• Langdon, Danny G – The Instructional Designs Library: 40 Instructional Designs, Educational Tech. Publications
• Mager, Robert F. – ABCD model for instructional objectives – 1962
• Merrill, M. David – Component Display Theory / Knowledge Objects / First Principles of Instruction
• Papert, Seymour – Constructionism, LOGO – 1970s
• Piaget, Jean – Cognitive development – 1960s
• Piskurich, George – Rapid Instructional Design – 2006
• Simonson, Michael – Instructional Systems and Design via Distance Education – 1980s
• Schank, Roger – Constructivist simulations – 1990s
• Sweller, John – Cognitive load, Worked-example effect, Split-attention effect
• Reigeluth, Charles – Elaboration Theory, "Green Books" I, II, and III – 1999–2010
• Skinner, B.F. – Radical Behaviorism, Programed Instruction
• Vygotsky, Lev – Learning as a social activity – 1930s