THE BIG PICTURE

Think of this scenario: You are planning for a family vacation. First, you decide on the holiday destination (end in mind). Then only you will start planning other things such as the who, when, how, etc.

In a similar manner, planning for the development of online training program and constructing the course should begin by taking the birds eye view—looking at the big picture. You cannot simply jump to content development.

ADDIE INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL

In the field of E-Learning, there are several models/methodologies for instructional design developing, but undoubtedly the ADDIE model is the most popular. The widespread popularity of ADDIE, as a methodology, is primarily due to its simplicity, flexibility and versatility. The learning model will allow you to analyze all the information through observation of the response, the learning process and the behavior of the students.

ADDIE – is an abbreviation, which contains five main phases of the model:

• Analysis
• Design
• Development
• Implementation
• Evaluation

Check out also this nice infographic on ADDIE model.

ADDIE model can be used to help you whether you are at the stage of planning for the whole program or planning at the course level.

I would highly recommend you this website which provide a comprehensive step-by-step walk-through on ADDIE model.

Now, after you have done with the big picture of planning for the whole program or course, let's delve into building the structure of the course.

This Section consist of seven parts:

• The structure/outline of the course
• The landing page
• Instructional design
• Creating Content
• Creating interactive activities
• Creating interactive content
• Assessments

Before proceeding, take a quick a look at some samples of online course: