Four Component Instructional Design Model (4C/ID)
van Merriënboer (2002) developed the four component
instructional design model to address what he felt were
limitations in previous offerings by other ID models.
Figure 2 - The 4C/ID model (van Merriënboer, 2002).
Benefits of the 4C/ID Model
4C/ID uses many of the appealing tenets from
problem-based learning without going off the deep end
and expecting learners to discover knowledge and
solutions on their own. Tenets like using real-world
problems and presenting the whole task to the learner
holistically are at the core of the 4C/ID model. The
4C/ID model also includes supportive information like
mental models, cognitive strategies, and cognitive
feedback, all of which is specified per task class and
is always available to learners. The 4C/ID model also
helps fill the gaps of pre-requisite learning that
learners might be missing by providing context-sensitive
just-in-time information.