Create 1.1.3 Appearance Quest

In the article "What Everybody Ought to Know About Instructional Design," the author uses a video to illustrate the value of instructional design. They show many basketball players, some in white clothes and some in black clothes. In the beginning of the video, the announcer asks the viewer to count the number of passes the white team made. When the video is complete, the announcer tells you the correct answer but asks "But, did you see the moon walking bear?" And sure enough, I missed it.  They use this video to tell you that with instructional design, it is easy for the viewer to miss something that he/she was not looking for, even something as obvious as a moon walking bear.





Instructional design helps learners make sense of what they are viewing, gets learners focuses on the right things, and engages the learner with clear content that is relevant to the topic. The following websites do a great job of using instructional design to enhance the learning process.


1. brainpop.com


2. CK12.org


3. Georgiavirtuallearning.org


4. khanacademy.org


5. readwritethink.org








The following websites offer some great information; however, they are too distracting to the learner.


1. Coolmath.com


2. Youtube.com


3. Friv4School.com


4. openhighschoolcourses.org


5. ixl.com (difficult for students to navigate on their own)