Editing Instructional design (section)

===1980s===
Although interest in instructional design continued to be strong in business and the military, there was little evolution of ID in schools or higher education.<ref name="TrendsIssues" /><ref name="ReiserPDF">Reiser, R. A. (2001). "[https://files.nyu.edu/jpd247/public/2251/readings/Reiser_2001_History_of_ID.pdf A History of Instructional Design and Technology: Part II: A History of Instructional Design] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915184958/https://files.nyu.edu/jpd247/public/2251/readings/Reiser_2001_History_of_ID.pdf |date=2012-09-15 }}". ETR&D, Vol. 49, No. 2, 2001, pp. 57–67.</ref>
However, educators and researchers began to consider how the personal computer could be used in a [[learning environment]] or a [[learning space]].<ref name="TrendsIssues" /> [[PLATO (computer system)|PLATO]] is one example of how computers began to be integrated into instruction.<ref name="HyperHist">{{Cite web |last=McNeil |first=Sarah G. |title=A Brief History of Instructional Design (faculty webpage) |url=http://faculty.coe.uh.edu/smcneil/cuin6373/idhistory/index.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230603183146/http://faculty.coe.uh.edu/smcneil/cuin6373/idhistory/index.html |archive-date=2023-06-03 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=College of Education, [[University of Houston]]}}</ref> Many of the first uses of computers in the classroom were for "drill and skill" exercises.<ref name="Markham">Markham, R. "[http://home.utah.edu/~rgm15a60/Paper/html/index_files/Page1108.htm History of instructional design] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228081307/http://home.utah.edu/~rgm15a60/Paper/html/index_files/Page1108.htm |date=2013-02-28 }}". Retrieved on April 11, 2012</ref> There was a growing interest in how cognitive psychology could be applied to instructional design.<ref name="slides" />