Studies of ID Practices ─ A Review and Synthesis of Research on ID Current Practices

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of cutting edge research studies on contemporary instructional design practices. Written for instructional designers, instructional technologists and researchers in the field, it provides state of the art, practically focused information and guidelines for designing curriculum and professional ID practice. The author compares professional instructional design practices with the competencies established by the International Board for Training, Performance, and Instruction to evaluate and investigate their effectiveness and increase the efficiency of the entire instructional design process.?

William Sugar is an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science and Instructional Technology Education at East Carolina University. Overall, his research agenda is to analyze and propose strategies to develop effective instructional technology solutions for a variety of stakeholders. This is reflected in his earlier work, such as a study on how novice instructional designers interpreted usability sessions (Sugar, 2001), how in-service teachers adopted new technologies (Sugar, Crawley, & Fine, 2004) and how a professor adapted his current teaching practices into an online setting (Sugar, Martindale, & Crawley, 2007). Bill is currently studying the interrelationship between multimedia production skills and instructional design skills within professional settings.