A Bit of Reflection on the ADDIE Design Model

By Prof. Jonathan Acuña Solano Thursday, September 4, 2014

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As one progresses through the ADDIE model in designing one’s course, it is

imperative to reflect at every stage and also evaluate the work one has done so far. In

this analysis, the instructor must evaluate his/her Design Plan and address any challenges

or concerns one gets to spot while developing or implementing the Plan.

Browsing through several SlideShare.Com documents on the ADDIE instructional

design model, I came across the following slide presentation that deepens or develops

the issue of design a bit more, and that clarifies certain concerns one may have while

beginning to work with this methodology.

The analysis phase is crucial in understanding who the audience is. But we cannot

let out what the behavioral outcome is going to be. For that reason is very important to

analyze the learning constraints and delivery options that are needed to guide students

towards the accomplishment of one of the course’s learning outcomes.

What I definitely needed to visualize when initially working with the ADDIE method

was the visual and technical design strategy that match the instructional strategies and

the behavioral outcomes written in one’s objectives. In this second phase, with this

information I could clearly see the scope of what I want students to achieve.

While working on the Develop Phase, I concluded that at times it will be important

to develop materials for the students, but the very first thing to do is to review the existing

material so I do not have to reinvent the wheel. Once I have these things clear (the

materials), it is now the right time to develop instructional courseware to make it viable

to start training one’s students.

Prior to the implementation phase, it is a must to create or design a “training

session” for the students. But at the same time, I need to think that I must self-train

myself to fully understand the course curriculum, learning outcomes, method of delivery

and testing procedures to be able to work with all students evenly.

But if all parts are important and crucial in the ADDIE model, the evaluation phase is –in

my personal opinion- the most transcendental of all. Here is where the cyclical process

starts again in the search for the best teaching practice that fully fits the course and the

students.

eLearning Industry (2013, May 8) The ADDIE Instructional Design Model. Retrieved

from on February 4, 2013: http://www.slideshare.net/elearningindustry/the-addie-

instructional-design-model-20797917

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