1. UNIVERSIDAD SANTO TOMAS DE
AQUINO
VICERRECTORIA GENERAL DE EDUCACIÓN ABIERTA Y A
DISTANCIA

2. ACTION RESEARCH IN
LANGUAGE TEACHING
THIRD MOMENT ORIENTATIONS
Teacher: Carmen Enciso

3. THE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
•When the research proposal goes beyond the simple
descriptions and implements pedagogical actions such
as validating didactic material designed by the
researcher, evaluating new
methodologies, implementing a set of strategies to
improve learning or teaching processes, among
others, the researcher needs to create an instructional or
pedagogical design.

4. POINTERS TO ORGANIZE THE
INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
Taken from Action Research in Language Teaching – Self Study guide (Teacher:
Emilena Hernández) Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino.
1. Setting
Institution information
Target population information)
2. Pedagogical Proposal
Specific pedagogical approach
Theoretical assumptions inspiring the pedagogical
proposal.
Connection between the research question(s) and
pedagogical application

5. 3. Pedagogical objectives
Objectives reffering to the pedagogical
process, not the research ones.
4. Contents
They might be organized in didactic units.
5. Methodology
Specific methods to be used
Type of teaching and learning activities
The role of the students
The role of the teacher(s)
Material to be used
6. Evaluation criteria
7. Schedule
Sessions, core activities and contents.

6. SOME WEB PAGES TO VISIT
 What everybody ought to know about
Instructional Design
http://www.articulate.com/rapid-
elearning/what-everybody-ought-to-know-
about-instructional-design/

7. SOME WEB PAGES TO VISIT
 ADDIE (The Instructional Design Process)
http://michelemartin.typepad.com/ADDIE.pdf

8. SOME WEB PAGES TO VISIT
 Five phases of Instructional Designs
http://vfc3.project.mnscu.edu/index.asp?Typ
e=B_BASIC&SEC={221F3890-E4FB-4322-
9DF7-E53F75591F35}

9. SOME WEB PAGES TO VISIT
 Instructional Design Framework
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/learni
ng/id/ID_framework.html

10. SOME WEB PAGES TO VISIT
 Bloom’s taxonomy (useful for objectives and
questions)
http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/exams/bloo
ms-taxonomy.html

11. DEADLINE
Please, submit the instructional
design to the link in the virtual
room before November 5.

12. EVALUATION CRITERIA
 Responsibility to meet the deadline.
 Cohesion and coherence of the
written paper. Include previous
sections: statement of the problem,
Objectives, research question(s),
literature review, research design.
• Relevance of ideas.
• USE OF APA STYLE