The SIO tool guides people through a reflective design process, starting with considering their own values about learning, developing instructional or learning goals which reflect these values, and then can selecting or creating potential instructional methods (and activities) that will achieve these goals. Once a set of methods has been identified, the framework assists designers in considering whether or not important conditions have been (or are likely to be) met. If the esuggested conditions are not met, alternative instrucitonal methods should be chosen.