Instructional Design

Is the creation of learning material and experinces that help in the acquisition and application of knowledge and skills. This involves assessing needs, designing a process, developing materials and evaluating their effectiveness.

Instructional Design Models

ADDIE: which is an acronym for analyze, design, development, implement, and evaluate, is a systematic approach to instructional design. All other instructional design models contain the core elements of ADDIE. A key strength of the ADDIE model is the cyclical process in which evaluation occurs throughout the phases of ADDIE.

ADDIE Phases

Analysis: Helps a designer determine what needs to be taught. The root of the analysis phase involves addressing three questions

• • Who: Who is the target audience?

  • What: What is the content?

  • How: How will one know if the project is successful?

Methods:

• • People items: Interview, focus groups, survey

  • Mining the literature base: Ways of delivery and assessing

  • Document recovery: Standards, prior teaching material

Design:

In this phase the designer envisions a product incorporating their understanding of the information collected in the analysis phase. Essentially, the design phase focuses on framing a blueprint to follow in the creation of the product.

Project Scope - Goals - Audience - Design and Development Time - Delivery - Content - Methods - Problem and Opportunities - Objectives Description - Outline - Flowchart

Development:

Is where the the Instructional designer create and assemble the content assets that were created in the design phase. the Instructional designers work to develop and/or integrate technologies.

Implementation:

In this phase implementation practices include Beta tests and Pilots. These two processes are used to check the viability of the project before it is actually implemented (Piskurich, 263). The processes conducted in this phase enables the Instructional designer to make revisions in order to improve the quality and effectiveness of the project.

Evaluation:

The Instructional designer will be evaluating whether the project designed was effective.This is accomplished through either a formative or summative evaluation.