The Integration of 21st-Century Learning Framework in the ASIE Instructional Design Model

Learning and innovation skills are the main features of the 21st-Century Learning Framework besides life and career skills as well as ICT skills. The 4Cs (critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity) are the requirements in establishing “globally competitive learners”. Thus, teachers need to design the instruction by the above needs in the current education landscape. An Integral ASIE Instructional Design Model (Ismail & Balakrishnan, 2014; 2016) developed as an alternative solution to the questions on how do teachers design their instruction, what are the strategical approaches needed and how do teachers fulfill the need of their learners in the 21st-Century learning requirements. ASIE stand for “Analyze”, “Strategize”, “Implement” and “Evaluate”. As an online planning model, it is interactive to the user, integrative in planning the content, prescriptive in the planning procedures and constructive in the organization of the components. This “learner-centered approach” in designing instruction provides a solution to the issues of individual differences giving equal opportunities to the learners in the learning process. The Model, which is accessible at www.asiemodel.com, has a planning mechanism known as Multiple Integration Worksheet (MIW) which guides teachers in the course of formulating and integrating the best possible practices in the instructional planning strategies at macro and micro levels. Workshops conducted, followed by 5 Likert Scales Questionnaires to find out teachers’ views on the application of the model in the instructional planning process. Results show that teachers have positive views on the design of the model.