IDT Books

Last updated April 2018.

The Field of Instructional design and technology

1. Foundations of Learning and Instructional Design Technology. Richard West.

Instructional Design

1. The Essentials of Instructional Design : Connecting Fundamental Principles with Process and Practice by Abbie Brown and Timothy D. Green
2. Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology by Robert Reiser and John V. Dempsey
3. Real world Instructional Design by Katherine Cennamo and Debby Kalk
4. The Instructional Design Knowledge Base : Theory, Research and Practice by Rita C. Richey, James D. Klein and Monica W. Tracey.

Learning and E-Learning

1. How learning works : Seven Research Based Principles for smart teaching by Susan A. Ambrose, Michael W. Bridges, Michele DiPietro and Marsha C. Lovett
2. First principles of Instruction by M. David Merrill
3. Applying the Science of Learning by Richard E. Mayer
4. E-learning and the Science of Instruction : Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia learning by Ruth C. Clark and Richard E. Mayer
5. Gronlund’s Writing Instructional Objectives by Norman E. Gronlund and Susan M. Brookhart
6. E-learning by Design by William horton

Special Topics

1. Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery by Garr Reynolds
2. Teaching Online : A practical Guide by Susan Ko and Steve Rossen
3. Creating Graphics for Learning and Performance : Lessons in Visual Literacy by Linda L. Lohr