use. The field of instructional design began during World War IIwhen educators and psychologists were called upon to develop military training to assist in the war effort. Thiscombination of educators and psychologists helped to create the beginnings of instructional design by craftingobjectives that focused on human behavior and learning, as well as effective testing methods to determine whatpeople were most appropriate for specific jobs. After World War II, the psychologists and educators involved in thisinitiative continued to research these practices concentrating on analysis, design and evaluation of instruction. B.F.Skinner then contributed to this movement by developing programmed instruction to solve educational problems(Reiser, 2001)
I found this very interesting! First, creating objectives is crucial because they provide a clear direction and focus to the desired outcome. In my head, I was thinking instructional design was a new topic since online learning has been on the rise. It is insightful that there are so many different avenues to instructional design. It seems as if ID can go further than just a school setting.