Tussenrapportage Validatie Onderwijsvernieuwingen (Validation Assistant in Instructional Design)

Abstract : The purpose of this article is to introduce and demonstrate an effective tool that supports instructors in developing educational programs for training and instruction. Due to periodical job rotation within the military, instructional developers are not always experts in their field and are consequently unaware of the types of educational concepts that are available to teach with. This supportive tool has been developed over the course of several years, incorporating both theoretical and practical criteria related to selecting a suitable concept for an educational program. It aims to support instructors in selecting suitable educational concepts for their specific needs. Subsequently, it provides support in the actual concretization of the concepts. In continuance of two pilots, the tool has been tested by 29 instructors in training. This demonstrates very high potential for the use of the tool. It can be concluded that, with some refinements, it is well adapt at providing support for the development of new educational programs.