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Integrating Systems Thinking and Instructional Science

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Automating Instructional Design: Computer-Based Development and Delivery Tools

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This chapter presents the young discipline of systems thinking, that is, study of structure, behavior and management of complex systems. We approach systems thinking from two different, though supplementary angles: modeling and simulation (system dynamics), and cognitive psychology of decision making in complex systems. We argue that progress in management of systems requires that system dynamics, cognitive psychology, learning theory and simulation-based instructional design be combined through a framework for automation of instructional system development. We expect this approach to produce insights of general validity to the field of ISD at large.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Agder College of Engineering, N-4890, Grimstad, Norway

    José J. Gonzalez

  2. Institute of Information Science, University of Bergen, N-5020, Bergen, Norway

    Pål Davidsen

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  1. Learning and Cognition, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, 178 Pillsbury Drive S. E., Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Robert D. Tennyson

  2. College of Education, EDU208B, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa, FL, 33620, USA

    Ann E. Barron

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Gonzalez, J.J., Davidsen, P. (1995). Integrating Systems Thinking and Instructional Science. In: Tennyson, R.D., Barron, A.E. (eds) Automating Instructional Design: Computer-Based Development and Delivery Tools. NATO ASI Series, vol 140. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57821-2_14

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