Charles Reigeluth

Dr. Charles Reigeluth is one of the dominant personalities in modern instructional design.  For more than 30 years, he has been developing instructional design curriculum and building instructional design programs.  He has presented at numerous organizations and conventions, and has published extensive works in books and journals.  He is considered an expert in the field of Instructional Design.  http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dgfeledi/expertsid.html

Noted for his Elaboration Theory. an instructional design theory that argues that content that is to be learned must be organized and presented form simple to complex in order, at the same time providing meaningful context into which following ideas can be integrated.  It advocates a paradigm shift from teacher-centric instruction to learner-centric instruction. http://www.learning-theories.com/elaboration-theory-reigeluth.html He is an expert in restructuring school efforts (for the information age)at the state and national levels, believes in strong community involvement in public schools, advocates technology in the transforming of schools, seeks increases in high-tech classrooms and communication and technolgy in general.  Currently a professor and faculty member at Indiana University--Bloomington (since 1988), he has developed and taught most of the Instructional Design classes in the edcuation college.  He is a key player in two major projects through the Instructional Systems Technology Department -- The Decatur Project http://www.indiana.edu/~syschang/decatur/index.html and the Center for P-16 Reaearch and Collaboration Center for P-16 Research and Collaboration, both aimed at restructuring and rebuilding school systems and instruction.  Formerly he was an Associate Professor at Syracuse University, where he developed and taught all of the Instruction Design Technology courses, and a Research Associate at Brigham Young University, in Instructional Design.  Also a successful businessman and corporate trainer in ID. 

More information is available on his wiki page http://opencontent.org/wiki/index.php?title=Charles_Reigeluth

Selected publications include:

• Reigeluth, C.M. (2009). Instructional theory for education in the Information Age. In C. M. Reigeluth & A. Carr-Chellman (Eds.), Instructional-Design Theories and Models, Volume III: Building a Common Knowledge Base.  New York: Routledge.
• Watson, S.L., & Reigeluth, C.M.  (2008).  The learner-centered paradigm of education.  Educational Technology, 48(5), 42-48.
• Duffy, F.M., & Reigeluth, C.M.  (2008).  The school system transformation (SST) protocol.  Educational Technology, 48(4), 41-49.
• Reigeluth, C.M., & Duffy, F.M.  (2008).  The AECT FutureMinds initiative: Transforming America’s school systems.  Educational Technology, 48(3), 45-49.
• (8 published books, 2 of which are AECT best books; 38 chapters of books; 78 articles written; numerous software and systems for ID)