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Instructional Design Bibliography

Assembled with the advice of instructional designers from several universities, this bibliography provides citations to classics in instructional design along with recent articles tracking current trends.


Anglin, Gary J. Instructional Technology: Past, Present, and Future. 2nd ed. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1995.

Bordeau, Jacqueline, and Anthony Bates. "Instructional Design for Distance Learning." Journal of Science Education and Technology 5, no. 4 (December 1996): 267-83.

Dick, Walter. "Instructional Design and Creativity: A Response to the Critics." Educational Technology 35, no. 4 (July/August 1995): 5-11.

Dills, Charles R., and Alexander J. Romiszowski, editors. Instructional Development Paradigms. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications, 1997.

Duffy, Thomas M., and David H. Jonassen, editors. Constructivism and the Technology of Instruction: A Conversation. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers, 1992.

Fleming, Malcolm, and W. Howard Levie, eds. Instructional Message Design: Principles from the Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences. 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications, 1993.

Gagné, Robert Mills, Leslie J. Briggs, and Walter W. Wager. Principles of Instructional Design. 4th ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, 1992.

Hannafin, Michael J., and Kyle L. Peck. The Design, Development, and Evaluation of Instructional Software. New York: MacMillan Publishing Company, 1988.

Hannum, Wallace H., and Carol Hansen. Instructional Systems Development in Large Organizations. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications, 1989.

Harrison, Nigel. Practical Instructional Design for Open Learning Materials: A Modular Course Covering Open Learning, Computer-Based Training, Multimedia. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1995.

Heinich, Robert, Michael Molenda, and James D. Russell. Instructional Media and the New Technologies of Instruction. 4th Edition. New York: MacMillan Publishing Company, 1993.

Hoey, Ross. Designing for Learning: Effectiveness with Efficiency. London: Kogan Page Ltd., 1994.

Jonassen, David H. Computers in the Classroom: Mindtools for Critical Thinking. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Merrill, 1996.

Jonassen, David H., editor. Instructional Designs for Microcomputer Courseware. Hillsdale, NJ: L. Erlbaum Associates, 1988.

Jonassen, David H., and Barbara L. Grabowski. Handbook of Individual Differences, Learning, and Instruction. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1993.

Jonassen, David H., Wallace H. Hannum, and Martin Tessmer. Handbook of Task Analysis Procedures. New York: Praeger, 1989.

Jonassen, David H., Rebecca Jo Hennon, et al. "Certainty, Determinism, and Predictability in Theories of Instructional Design: Lessons from Science." Educational Technology 37, no. 1 (January/February 1997): 27-34.

Jonassen, David H., and Heinz Mandl, editors. Designing Hypermedia for Learning. NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Designing Hypertext/Hypermedia for Learning. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1990.

Kemp, Jerrold E., Gary R. Morrison, and Steven M. Ross. Designing Effective Instruction. 2nd ed. New York: Merrill, 1998.

Laurillard, Diana. Rethinking University Teaching: A Framework for the Effective Use of Educational Technology. New York: Routledge, 1993.

Leshin, Cynthia B., Joellyn Pollock, and Charles M. Reigeluth. Instructional Design Strategies and Tactics. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications, 1992.

Lillie, David L., and Gary B. Stuck. Computers and Effective Instruction: Using Computers and Software in the Classroom. New York: Longman, 1989.

Locatis, Craig, and Francis D. Atkinson. Media and Technology for Education and Training. Columbus, OH: C. E. Merrill Pub. Co., 1984.

Madhumita, and K. L. Kumar. "Twenty-one Guidelines for Effective Instructional Design." Educational Technology 35, no. 3 (May-June 1995): 58-61.

McAlpine, Lynn, and C. Weston. "The Attributes of Instructional Materials." Performance Improvement Quarterly 7, no. 1 (1994): 19-30.

Merrill, M. David. "An Integrated Model for Automating Instructional Design and Delivery." In Automating Instructional Design: Concepts and Issues, edited by Michael Spector, Martha C. Polson, and Daniel J. Muraida. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications, 1993.

Merrill, M. David, and David G. Twitchell, editors. Instructional Design Theory. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications, 1994.

Milheim, William D., editor. Authoring-Systems Software for Computer-Based Training. Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Educational Technology Publications, 1994.

Performance Improvement. [Formerly Performance & Instruction.] Washington, DC: International Society for Performance Improvement.

Reigeluth, Charles M., editor. Instructional-Design Theories and Models: An Overview of their Current Status. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1983.

Reigeluth, Charles M., Bela H. Banathy, and Jeannette R. Olson, editors. Comprehensive Systems Design: A New Educational Technology. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1993.

Richey, Rita C. "Trends in Instructional Design: Emerging Theory-Based Models." Performance Improvement Quarterly 8, no. 3 (1995): 96-110.

Seels, Barbara. "Taxonomic Issues and the Development of Theory in Instructional Technology." Educational Technology 37, no. 1 (January/February 1997): 12-21.

Seels, Barbara, and Zita Glasgow. Exercises in Instructional Design. Columbus, OH: Merrill Publishing Company, 1990.

Spector, J. Michael, Martha C. Polson, and Daniel J. Muraida, eds. Automating Instructional Design: Concepts and Issues. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications, 1993.

Tessmer, Martin, David Jonassen, and David C. Caverly. A Nonprogrammer's Guide to Designing Instruction for Microcomputers. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1989.

Tessmer, Martin, and Rita C. Richey. "The Role of Context in Learning and Instructional Design." Educational Technology Research and Development 45, no. 2 (1997): 85-115.

Tipton, Mary H., and Samuel Dumba-Safuli. Instructional Design: Theory, Higher Education, and Teacher Education: A Selected Bibliography. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications, 1994.

Twitchell, David G., editor. Robert M. Gagné and M. David Merrill -- In Conversation. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications, 1991.

West, Charles K., James A. Farmer, and Phillip M. Wolff. Instructional Design: Implications from Cognitive Science. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1991.

Wileman, Ralph E. Visual Communicating. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications, 1993.

Winer, Laura R., and Jesús Váquez-Abad. "The Present and Future of ID Practice." Performance Improvement Quarterly 8, no. 3 (1995): 55-67.


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