Explain the role of prototypes in the instructional design and development process.

Iris Daniels  is an instructional designer working with a user consortium to develop and
implement a CBT course that will be used by thousands of engineers and product
designers within Hill Industries. The user consortium consists of seven individuals
representing companies in the United States, France, and Germany. The software
vendor had designed a CBT course that was rejected by the group two years ago.
Now, Iris and the user consortium are trying to work past corporate cultural differences
to design a prototype and move the project forward.

DEBRIEFING THE CASE Discussion Point 1: Evaluate Jim and Iris’s approach to handling cultural differences among consortium members. Write: (a) Summary of the discussion for the above question (b) Identify strategies to prepare for and maintain cross – cultural team effectiveness. Discussion Point 2: Explain the importance of team members’ critiquing and integrating their differences, shared beliefs, and assumptions about teaching and learning. Why is it important to bring to the surface assumptions about teaching and learning among members of an instructional tea m. Write: (a) Summary of the discussion of the above question

Discussion Point 3:
Explain the role of prototypes in the instructional design and development process.
Write:
(a)Summary of the discussion of the above question.