Robert A. Reiser

Associate Dean for Research

Distinguished Teaching Professor and

Robert M. Morgan Professor of Instructional Systems

Books

Reiser, R.A., Carr-Chellman, A. A., & Dempsey J.V. (Eds.) (2025). Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology (5th ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.

Reiser, R.A., & Dempsey, J.V. (Eds.) (2018). Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology (4th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson Education.

Koszalka, T.A., Russ-Eft, D.F., & Reiser, R.A. (2013). Instructional Designer Competencies: The Standards (4th ed.). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Reiser, R.A., & Dempsey, J.V. (Eds.) (2012). Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology (3rd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.

Reiser, R.A., & Dempsey, J.V. (Eds.) (2007). Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology (2nd ed.). Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.

Reiser, R.A., &Dempsey, J.V. (Eds.) (2002). Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Merrill/Prentice Hall.

Instructional Planning: A Guide for Teachers (2nd ed.). Boston, Massachusetts: Allyn & Bacon.

Dick, W., & Reiser, R.A. (1989). Planning Effective Instruction. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Reiser, R.A., & Gagne, R.M. (1983). Selecting Media for Instruction. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Educational Technology.

Book Chapters

Reiser, R.A. (2025). A History of instructional design and technology. In R.A. Reiser, A.A. Carr-Chellman, & J.V. Dempsey (Eds.), Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology (5th ed.) Routledge. [Note: earlier versions of this chapter appeared in the first four editions of this book]

Reiser, R.A. (2025). Getting an instructional design position: Lessons from a personal history. In R.A. Reiser, A.A. Carr-Chellman, & J.V. Dempsey (Eds.), Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology (5th ed.) Routledge. [Note: earlier versions of this chapter appeared in the first four editions of this book]

Reiser, R.A. & Carr-Chellman, A.A. (2025). What field did you say you were in? Defining and naming our field. In R.A. Reiser, A.A. Carr-Chellman, & J.V. Dempsey (Eds.), Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology (5th ed.) Routledge. [Note: earlier versions of this chapter appeared in the first four editions of this book]

Reiser, R.A. (2019). Robert M. Gagne: Nurturing the development of junior faculty. In C.T. Miller & A.A. Píña (Eds.), Lessons in leadership in the field of educational technology. New York, NY: Springer.

Reiser, R.A. (2017). Eight trends affecting the field of instructional design and technology: Opportunities and challenges. In F.Q. Lai & J.D. Lehman (Eds.), Learning and Knowledge Analytics in Open Education. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.

Reiser, R.A. (2017). Epilogue. In F.Q. Lai & J.D. Lehman (Eds.), Learning and Knowledge Analytics in Open Education. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.

Reiser, R.A. (2013). Programmed Instruction. In R.C. Richey (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Terminology for Educational Communications and Technology. New York: Springer.

Reiser, R.A. (2013). Audiovisual Instruction. In R.C. Richey (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Terminology for Educational Communications and Technology. New York: Springer.

Reiser, R.A. (2012). Conditions of Learning. In N. Seel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. New York: Springer.

Reiser, R.A. (2012). Robert Mills Gagne. In N. Seel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. New York: Springer.

Reiser, R.A. & Kegelmann, H.W. (1996). Computer software evaluation. In T. Plomp and D.P. Ely (Eds.). International Encyclopedia of Educational Technology (2nd ed.). Oxford, England: Elsevier, 257-260.

Reiser, R.A., & Salisbury, D.F. (1995). Instructional Technology and public education in the United States: The next decade. In G. Anglin (Ed.), Instructional Technology: Past, Present, and Future (2nd ed.). Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited. [Note: an earlier version of this chapter appeared in 1991, in the first edition of this book]

Reiser, R.A. (1992). Reflections upon a history of the field of educational technology. In D.P. Ely and B.B. Minor (Eds.), Educational media and technology yearbook: 1992. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.

Reiser, R.A. (1987). Instructional technology: A history. In R.M. Gagne (Ed.), Instructional technology: Foundations. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Reiser, R.A. (1976). Self-pacing and instructor-pacing in PSI courses. In B.A. Green (Ed.), Personalized instruction in higher education: Selected proceedings of the second national conference. Washington, D.C. D.C.: Center for Personalized Instruction.