Wicked ID: Conceptual Framework for Considering Instructional Design as a Wicked Problem

The process of instructional design has parallels in other design disciplines. Software design is one that has experienced intense attention in the last 30 or so years, and many lessons learned there can be applied to ID. Using software design as a springboard, this concept paper seeks to propose a new approach to ID. It suggests that instructional design is almost always a Wicked Problem. The connection is formed between Wicked Problems as first described by Rittel and Webber in 1973, and the models in and processes of instructional design. The areas of social planning, organizational management and software design all posses some accepted and tested approaches to the solution of Wicked Problems. These will be described, and how they can be applied to ID will be explained. Finally, this paper will propose a meta-model for ID and explain how it can be used in the current context. Resume : Le processus de conception pedagogique a des similitudes avec d’autres disciplines. La conception de logiciels a fait l’objet d’une grande attention dans les trente dernieres annees et de nombreuses lecons tirees peuvent s’appliquer a la conception pedagogique. En se basant sur la conception de logiciels, cet article cherche a proposer une nouvelle methode a la conception pedagogique. Il laisse entendre que la conception pedagogique constitue presque toujours un probleme epineux. Le lien est forme entre les problemes epineux tels que decrits par Rittel et Webber en 1973 et les modeles et processus de la conception pedagogique. Les secteurs de l’organisation sociale, de la gestion des organisations et de la conception de logiciels comptent des methodes acceptees et validees a la resolution de problemes epineux. Nous les decrirons et expliquerons comment ils peuvent servir a la conception pedagogique. Enfin, l’article proposera un meta-modele de la conception pedagogique et expliquera comment il peut servir dans le contexte actuel.

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