Rapid Prototype ID Model12/8/12Idaho State UniversityEDLT6655Amani Binmahfooz

What is the best way to design a great paper airplane?

Do you think the answer would be different for designing a lesson plan?

Learning Objectives

-Major elements within the professional biographies of the designers who adapted the rapid prototype model for instructional design, Tripp and Bichelmeyer.

-Major theory upon which the rapid prototype model is based.

-Major impact of the rapid prototype model on the broad field of instructional design.

What steps do you use to design instruction? What ID models do you know?

Rapid Prototype Model Development

Eli Steven D. Tripp and Barbara Bichelmeyer adapted the rapid prototype model to use for instructional design in 1990. For more information, read this PDF article: “Rapid Prototyping: An Alternative Instructional DesignStrategy”Eli Tripp and Barbara Bichelmeyer were working in the instructional technology center at the University of Kansas when they started thinking about the rapid prototype model.

The theory upon which this model is based.

The rapid prototype model was first used in engineering in the 1960s. Why? This model helped engineers to design products more quickly, and it also cost less money.

Tripp and Bichelmeyer thought this model could also save time and money in instructional design.

Rapid Prototype Model

Assess Needs and Analyze Content

Collect information about the learners, the learning context, and the material they need to be taught.

Set Objectives

After collecting information, set the objectives that the students need to achieve. This will make it clear what students need to learn and do.

Construct a Prototype(The Design Phase)

Quickly, with little research, design some instruction.

Utilize the Prototype(The Research Phase)

Use the instruction in a real or realistic classroom. See whether the instruction works or not. This is the step in which the research happens.

Repeat the design phase and the research phase many times. Make changes to the first design and try completely different designs, then use them in a classroom and see if they work well.

Install and Maintain System

Choose the design that worked the best in the research. Use this design in all the regular classrooms that need the instruction. Follow up on these classrooms, and keep testing the effectiveness of the instruction.

Advantages of the Rapid Prototype Model

The designers of the instruction get feedback from the students and teachers who will use the instructional design early in the design process. This prevents instruction from being thoroughly designed that teachers don’t like or that has a serious problem.It also saves time and money.

DisadvantagesSome people think that thorough research of learning theories is important to design the best instruction. They think that the rapid prototype model saves money, but can’t get as effective results as traditional models.

Assessment1. In what field was the rapid prototype model first used?a. Administrationb. Biologyc. Engineeringd. English Composition2. When did rapid prototyping become popular in its original field?a. 60sb. 70sc. 80sd. 90s

3. The take-off of rapid prototyping in instructional design was instigated by a study conducted by which instructional technology professor(s)?a. Ralph Tylerb. Walter Dick and Lou Careyc. Peter and Mary Esseffd. Steven Tripp and Barbara Bichelmeyer4. When was the study referred to in question #3 published?a. 1966b. 1973c. 1985d. 1990

5. At what university did the conductors of the study teach?a. Yale Universityb. University of Kansasc. Indiana Universityd. Florida Atlantic University6. What is the primary distinguishing feature of the rapid prototype model?a. The research comes after a design has been created, using the design.b. It focuses on the desires of the learner.c. The process of design is exceptionally thorough.d. A child could design instruction using this model.

7. What is one advantage of the rapid prototype model over traditional models?a. It is based on better theories of learning.b. It saves time and money.c. It motivates learners to want to learn.d. It breaks instructional design into small, simple steps.8. True or False: the rapid prototype model stops instruction that users will not like from being designed in the first place.a. Trueb. False

9. True or False: the rapid prototype model is meant to get more realistic results about the effective of instruction than traditional models.a. Trueb. False10. True or False: the rapid prototype model helps designers to design effective instruction by incorporating both theories of learning and theories of motivation.a. Trueb. False

Reference List

Desrosier, J. (2011). Rapid prototyping reconsidered. The Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 59, 135–145.

Reiser, R. A. (2001). A history of instructional design and technology: Part II: A history of instructional design. Educational Technology, Research and Development, 49 (2), 57-67.

Rieber, L. P. (1994). Understanding rapid prototyping by analogy: Making paper planes. Computers, Graphics, and Learning, 179-182. Madison, WI: Brown & Benchmark.

Tripp, S. D., & Bichelmeyer, B. (1990). Rapid prototyping: An alternative instructional design strategy. Educational Technology Research and Development, 38 (1), 31-44.

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