Instructional Design Some Beginning Principles of Instructional Design
There are several schools of thought regarding good instructional design. Many course developers use the a traditional design process following these steps:
Analyze
Design
Develop
Evaluate
Revise
This is a cycle that needs to be repeated on a regular basis with each course. Ideally, the developer/instructor is continually analyzing what is working (or not working) each semester and making the necessary design changes.
The following links from the Illinois Online Network may prove helpful:
Instructional Strategies for Online Courses
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/instructionalstrategies.asp
Instructional Design for Online Courses
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/id/InstructionalDesignForOnlineCourses.html
Some Other Sites of Interest
The Hitchhikers Guide to Course Development
http://midsolutions.org/cms/ Multiple Sites for Online Course Improvement, Development, and Teaching (from the UW - Milwaukee Learning and Technology Center)
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/LTC/resources.html
The Instructional Technology Forum (this link is to the page of past papers discussed on the list)
http://it.coe.uga.edu/itforum/Previous.html
Design of Constructivist Learning Environments
http://tiger.coe.missouri.edu/~jonassen/courses/CLE/ IEEE Reference Guide on Instructional Design
http://www.ieee.org/organizations/eab/tutorials/refguide/mms01.htm Instructional Designer Competencies Checklist
http://www.ibstpi.org/Downloads/InstructionalDesignCompetencies.pdf Articles About Instructional Design | 
