Designing of programmed instruction by Pawanjit Kaur.

DESIGNING OF PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION

Programmed instruction is based on some  psychologist principles. Therefore, developing a good programme involves a number of techniques and devices are to be incorporated and requires several specialized skills. The making of programmer must have mastery over the subject-matter which he is intending to be programmed. He should also be will acquaint with a approaches and a techniques of programming.

• It is the assumption of programmers that a designer should have 75 percent mastery of the content and 25 percent skill and awareness of programming devices.
• The dynamics of programme development may be considered a cyclic process which never comes to an end. The freshers have to be careful.

There has been a changing emphasis of programmed instruction 1960 to 1970 which has greatly influenced the dynamics of programme development. As a result number of approaches of programme develpoment are available in the literature.

Design for development of Programmed Instruction

It is evident from the details of steps of programme development that none of the approach is complete in itself .With the help of reviews of these approaches and recent terms of programmed instruction , a comprehensive outline has been evolved for preparing a programme  most effectively .This approach is much more practical from development of a programme. The following ten steps are used for this purpose.

1. Selection of topic is to be programmed.

2. Identifying objectives in taxonomic categories

3. Writing objectives ( entering and terminal ) in behavioral terms. 

4. Content analysis and developing instructional sequence. 

5. Construction of criterion test.

6. Deciding appropriate strategies and paradigm for the programme 

7. Writing frames and individual try out.

8. Revising , editing and preparation of final draft with the help of group try out.

9. Evaluation of the programme and master validation.

10. Preparation of a manual of the programme.