Information/instructional design

What is information design

Information design = information architecture and message design.
The definition of information design is defining, planning, and shaping of the contents of a complex or potentially confusing information, message. Information design helps developing structures which allow people to find information that's relevant to them, and use it to helps make decisions in our lives.

Information design also is:

1. Clarity, precision, efficiency conveys complex idea or message to responder.
   
2. Helps responder makes sense of things/data.
   
3. Create document be comprehensible to responder
   
4. Information design is the visual method of explaining and interpreting information to help the user achieve their objective
   
5. Information graphic -such as sign and maps are enables people to navigate through a 3 dimensional.

Bruce Meader stated this :

"It is an area of design that is concerned with understanding reader and user responses to written and visually-presented information. The kinds of problems germane to information design include legal documents, business forms, diagrams, guidebooks, transportation maps, charts, tables, instructional materials, wayfinding systems and digital information systems." (http://dao.rit.edu/dao/define/whatid.html)

What is instructional design

Instructional design is the systematic process of translating general principles of learning and instruction into plans for instructional materials and learning through the analysis of learning needs and developments of learning materials.

Furthermore, the aim of instructional design is to help instructional content learn easily, efficiently and effectively learn by users. Instructional designers use many interactive media and technology to improve learning and address learning objectives.

Work cited:

Design archive online: “20th century information design”. Information design page. n.d. 15march 2009. Web. < http://dao.rit.edu/dao/define/whatid.html>

Pettersson Rune. Information design: an introduction. 1st ed. England: John benjamins publishing company, 2002. Print.

“Instructional Design.” Wikipedia. 12 Mar 2009. 15 Mar 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instructional_design>

Instructional Design Australia. 16 Jan. 2009.Annette Culley. 11 Mar. 2009<http://instructionaldesign.com.au/index.html>