The way I look at it is that interaction design is but one of the disciplines required to achieve good instructional design.
that is to say that instructional design is a form or a goal, and interaction design is 1 of many disciplines used to achieve a good instructional design. It goes back to the notion of horizontal vs. vertical disciplines of design. IxD is a horizontal that spans many if not all vertical disciplines. Vertical disciplines are structured around goals or forms like instructional, interior, architectural, industrial, graphic, interactive, etc. Horizontal disciplines like IxD and IA transcend goals and forms and speak to an aspect of the whole. here's the hard part. many vertical disciplines (not all) are also horizontal in their nature such as visual design and 3D design (core historical element of industrial design). But that's my take on this whole fun framing a definition thing! -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43988 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
