5 May 94
John Farquhar

[quoting Jonasson, 3 May 94.d] There is a lot of instruction in a lot of constructs that will benefit from objectivist methods. As a designer, you need to be able to select methods, models, and strategies from a variety of paradigm to meet the needs of learners in a particular context.

I agree with this philosophy, however, I am concerned that our field is not providing research-driven guidelines for the selection of these approaches. Is this an accurate assessment? Do guidelines exist? Are the answers obvious or should our research be addressing this issue?

John D. Farquhar
Department of Instructional Technology
607 Aderhold Hall
Athens, GA 30602

Phone: 706/542-4025
E-mail: johnf@moe.coe.uga.edu