Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Information/Instructional Design:

Definition:

Information Design:

Information design is the detailed planning of information to produce to an audience in the most efficient and easily understood manner. It is the rearranging of this information in a way to suit the clients and the audiences needs.

Instructional Design:

Instructional design is the process of creating instructional tools and information to help facilitate the needs of the client and audience. It usually consists of a minimum of four steps; defining the problem, defining the audience, selecting and sequencing the information and revising all the elements involved in the project.


Examples:
  • Maps: road, stadium, subway
  • raod signage: speed, hazzards, street names
  • Store signage
  • instructional manuals
  • Graphs and other charts

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