22 Books For Beginner Instructional Designers
(Source: http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/index.php/2010/07/20/22-books-for-beginner-instructional-designers/)
This website provides a list of 22 books which should be very useful to those starting our with instructional design:
1. e-Learning and the Science of Instruction by Ruth Colvin Clark & Richard E. Mayer
2. Making Sense of Online Learning : A Guide for Beginners and the Truly Skepticalby Patti Shank & Amy Sitze
3. The Online Learning Idea Book: 95 Proven Ways to Enhance Technology-Based and Blended Learning edited by Patti Shank
4. The E-Learning Handbook: Past Promises, Present Challenges by Saul Carliner & Patti Shank
5. Designing Successful e-Learning by Michael Allen
6. Evidence-Based Training Methods by Ruth Clark
7. Preparing Instructional Objectives : A Critical Tool in the Development of Effective Instruction by Robert F. Mager
8. Instructional Design Strategies and Tactics by Cynthia B. Leshin, Joellyn Pollock, and Charles M. Reigeluth
9. ISD: From the Ground Up : A No-Nonsense Approach to Instructional Design by Chuck Hodell
10. The Art of Facilitation by Dale Hunter and Anne Bailey and Bill Taylor
11. The Systematic Design of Instruction by Walter Dick, Lou Carey, James O. Carey
12. Instructional Design by Tillman J. Ragan & Patricia L. Smith
13. eLearning by Design by William Horton
14. Graphics for Learning: Proven Guidelines for Planning, Designing, and Evaluating Visuals in Training Materials by Ruth C. Clark and Chopeta Lyons
15. Guide to eLearning by Micheal Allen
16. Creative Training Techniques Handbook: Tips, Tactics, and How-To’s for Delivering Effective Training by Robert Pike
17. Made to Stick by the Heath brothers
18. Designing Effective Instruction by Gary R. Morrison, Steven M. Ross, and Jerrold E. Kemp
19. The Principles of Instructional Design by Gagne et al
20. e-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning by Ruth C. Clark, Richard E. Mayer
21. Train for Results by Catherine Mattiske
22. First Principles of Instruction by M David Merrill
