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eLearningLearning website contains various resources regarding instructional design, ADDIE, eLearning, etc. Check out  for some creative ideas and inspiration! 

Rutgers view on syllabus design as a roadmap for the course, not a static document

This is a good review of the ADDIE model. What I found helpful are the videos describing each of the phases in detail. The videos are simple and easy to understand. When you are designing your instructional design project, this may be a helpful review of the ADDIE model.

Every Thursday evening, 8:30 ET, 5:30 PT, there's a great fun live gathering on Twitter called #lrnchat. It's a fast free-for-all organized around a theme, like instructional design, virtual worlds, social learning, or e-learning myths, structured around 3 general questions. Topics will range from instructional design, training, education, etc. Begin by typing #lrnchat into the Twitter search box. If you'd like to get a look at who's likely to be there, and how the conversation will go, you can check out the transcripts. This a great way to be part of a discussion on an educational topic and great opportunity to build your network with other eLearning experts in the field...during the chat the live stream of tweets fly fast and furious!

This website is a great resource for many aspects of instructional design. This specific page offers an overview of the four-level evaluation model, as well as a more modern approach to the traditional model.

A list of 30 ideas known about adult learning. Quick resource of information for motivation, curriculum design, and approaching interactions in the classroom: all useful for effective engagement of the adult learner.

This review covers a number of the theories behind the use of PBL in the classroom. The authors extensively review these theories so you get a more detailed sense of the design behind PBL rather than superficial explanations.

I thought this article described these learning theories quite well, giving good comparisons between both and showing their similarities and differences. Good read in relation to this weeks topic, if you have some time!

A website from the University of Delaware which guides an educator on some key planning points for a demonstration. It was very clear and easy to understand. This website also provides a checklist to help instructors design their demonstrations.

This website walks an instructor through the planning and teaching process. It provides information on how to prepare to teach and explanations of important things to consider in course design. It also offers strategies for effective lesson planning along with links to additional resources such as readings and video clips.

What I believe to be the most practical way to approach sections of a syllabus. Amazingly simple breakdown from Cornell.

This article explores some of the practicalities of operationalizing level 4 evaluation, including evaluating feasibility (time, costs), design, and data analysis.

This workshop handout looks specifically at higher education (specifically in the medical field) and helps to evaluate training design as targets both students as learners, as well as educators as learners. This is a great resource for helping to identify what kinds of level 4 outcomes might be tracked in higher level/medical education.

This article is most notable for an *excellent* graphical description of how to integrate all four levels of the Kirkpatrick levels of evaluation into an overall training plan. The article focuses on integration of the four levels of training with each other to optimize training, and discusses using the training model backwards, i.e. focusing on results first, before designing the training plan.

The PGY1 and PGY2 residency standards require that "...the resident's program be designed, conducted, and evaluated using a systems-based approach. Such an approach requires that there be a direct correlation among the expectations of resident performance, the type of instruction provided, and the evaluation of resident performance."

An interesting article from 2002 that discusses the use of stories within our formal education to simulate the complexity of real-world issues.

This was a very helpful article for ideas on incorporating experiential learning into classroom activities. It outlines each step of Kolb's Experiential Learning Model, and ways to include these ideas into an instructional design

Team-Based Learning (TBL) is quickly gaining popularity in pharmacy education and is one of the instructional methods I've started used in my elective course. For anyone interested, this site will help teach you the nuts and bolts of the method! A great resource for thinking about course design and structure, assignment grading, point allocation, etc.

This website is a great source for all kinds of information regarding team-based learning (TBL). It is collaborative website on TBL that provides many resources on TBL for instructors. It also provides a plethora of links to research that has been done in regards to TBL and its effectiveness in the classroom.