Describes the work model construct for instructional design that is used to improve the designer's approach to curriculum or syllabus construction and as the basis for assessment systems that act in a complementary manner with instruction. Several examples of its use in syllabus construction are provided. (Author/LRW)

Explores the use of computers in design-oriented learning and the need to reconstruct curriculum to accommodate the new technology. Mathematics, psychology, and music are highlighted, a musical computer design environment called Streamer is described, and implications of a design-oriented computer environment for programming and the structure of…