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Notes conclusions. The fourth part of Educational technology is called as Instructional Design. Instructional
Design has important role in Educational process.

• Training psychology design mainly concentrates on task analysis and related elements of teaching.
It is related to input phase of educational technology.
• This design has a vast area in the field of education and there are many dimensions and problems

for research. In the field of teaching-training, it is a viable design for the determination of goals,

for writing goals in terms of behaviour and to develop skills in teacher.
• Cybernetics has been evolved from a Greek word “Kybernetics” which means Pilot or Governor. The
word “Kybornem” means “to govern”. Therefore it can be said that cybernetics refers to a system
or design to govern.
• System approach was born during the Second World War. Since then it has particularly infl uenced
the management decisions of industry, government, military and business sectors.

4.7 Keywords

• Skills: Qualifi cation
• Design: Primarily

4.8 Review Questions

1. What do you mean by instructional design?
2. Write the assumptions of instructional design.
3. What are the types of instructional design? Describe briefl y.
4. What are utilities of Training Psychology Design?
5. Describe the utilities of Cybernetics Design.

Answers: Self-Assessment

1. (i) Instructional design (ii) Information (iii) Instructional (iv) Teaching
(v) Education
2. (i) True (ii) False (iii) True (iv) True
(v) True (vi) False

4.9 Further Readings

1. Educational Technology—S.K. Mangal, P.H.I. Learning.
2. Basic Premise of Educational Technology—Yogesh Kumar Singh.

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