This article presents a case study of how systems thinking and the instructional systems design ADDIE (analysis, design, development, implementation, and assessment) model were used to design and develop one of the first MOOCs at a mid-sized university in the southeastern United States. Contemporary issues surrounding MOOCs at both the macro…

In this article, we present a dynamic systems approach to instructional systems design (ISD). The fourth generation of ISD represents the attempt to establish a system that can adapt to individual learning and performance problems/needs while also being able to continuously update itself. It is learning-theory-neutral and takes into account the…

As the sophistication of technology is increasing, also increased the demand for quality in education. The expectation for quality has promoted broad range of products and systems, including in education. These factors include the increased diversity in the student body, which requires greater emphasis that allows a simple and dynamic model in the…

Literature indicates that there is limited research on the national and organizational level decision processes to develop and deliver e-learning programs. In this paper, existing e-learning literature is analyzed in terms of national level factors (national culture, readiness for new technology, and infrastructure), organizational level factors…

This paper examines the relevancy of the concept of accountability and discusses three main forms that accountability may take. (AK)

The total system view shows that the school library is inseparable from the system it serves. It is a part of the total system, its objectives are derived from the total system, and its operations and procedures are designed to facilitate its contribution to the total system. (12 references) (Author)

Six categories of issues in an open learning system are explored, and the functional characteristics of an open learning system are described. (Author)

The author describes a learning system in which each step proceeds logically and congruently from a basic philosophy of man and learning.'' (Author/AK)

Following a comparative review of the concepts of "systems thinking" and "scientific thinking," the author concludes that the powerful potential of the instructional systems development model can only be achieved through a reorientation to the systems concept. (Author/JOW)

The systems approach to instruction is studied through an analysis of the use of this approach by the U.S. Air Force's Air Training Command. An explanation of the USAF Instructional Systems Development (ISD) model is given. (RAO)

Revisits an April 2000 article questioning the relevance and efficacy of Instructional Systems Design (ISD) and comes back to the question of whether ISD is flawed or is the manner in which people are putting ISD into practice the problem. (JOW)

A look at the Center for Cooperative Research with Schools (CReWS), which attempts to spread systems approaches to teaching throughout Pennsylvania. (HB)

Article criticizes the ill-conceived nostrums of the educational engineer and focuses on "opening-up" the learner rather than having him "shape-up" to presumed contingencies that are to come. (Author/RK)