Interview with Charles M. Reigeluth: Applying Instructional Design to Educational Reform

Charles M. Reigeluth is one of the most contributing and certainly the leading scholars in the field of educational technology and instructional design. His early contributions were about developing instructional design theories such as Elaboration Theory and Component Display Theory. He has also edited monumental books as collections of major ID theories and models. His recent work has focused on designing educational reform or transforming educational systems with a comprehensive instructional design perspective, which he calls it “information-age paradigm of education.” Professor Reigeluth has received many awards for his accomplishments and contributions in the field of educational technology and instructional design. Most of these awards were given by prestigious organizations and educational institutions such as Brigham Young University, AECT, AERA, ISPI, and Indiana University. However, probably his biggest award is witnessing that his ideas have been implemented by a number of school districts in the United Sates and influenced many others around the world. Considering his accomplishments and contributions that shaped our field over the years, we decided to interview him and he was generous enough to share his views with us.