Instructional Design

• Information About Behavioral Objectives and How to Write Them
  This web site provides information on behavioral objectives, including definitions, characteristics, purpose, function, examples, and tips on writing. This web site was created by the College of Medicine Faculty Development Division at the Florida State University.
  For more information: http://www.med.fsu.edu/education/FacultyDevelopment/objectives.asp
   
• Introduction to Instructional Design
  This web site provides an overview description of instructional design, as well as providing links to more detailed information on specific instructional design processes, such as assessing needs and audience, setting goals and objectives, selecting instructional methods and media, developing content, and evaluation. The web site was created by the Teaching, Learning & Technology Center of Seton Hall University.
  For more information: http://tltcdev.shu.edu/design/introtoid.htm
   
• HEAL: An Instructional Design Model Applied to an Online Clerkship
  This PDF file describes an instructional design model called HEAL (Heuristic for Electronic Asynchronous Learning). HEAL integrates online learning activities with real patient care and is applicable to all medical education levels, and was created for designing online curricula. This article was written by John M. Wiecha, Hannelore Vanderschmidt, and Kathy Schilling of the Boston University School of Medicine.
  For more information: http://www.bu.edu/familymed/distance/reports/HEAL.pdf