ADDIE

The ADDIE Instructional Design Model

Abromitis Online Learning uses this pedagogically sound instructional design model to help your institution analyze the learning needs of your students, design and develop learning materials, implement the course and program materials, and evaluate the effectiveness of those courses and programs. The step-by-step ADDIE design model revolves around five components:

• Analysis
• Design
• Development
• Implementation
• Evaluation

The ADDIE instructional design model forms a roadmap for the entire development process, from "What do your students need to learn?" through the completed learning materials when we ask, "Did the students learn what they needed?"

Analysis Phase
In the analysis phase, the instructional problem is clarified, the instructional goals and objectives are established, and the learning environment and learner's existing knowledge and skills are identified.

Design Phase
The design phase deals with learning objectives, assessment instruments, exercises, content, subject matter analysis, lesson planning, and media selection. The design phase should be a logical, orderly method of identifying, developing, and evaluating a set of planned strategies targeted for attaining the project's goals.

Development Phase
Instructional designers and developers create and assemble the content that was blueprinted in the design phase. Storyboards are created, content is written, and graphics are designed. Technologies are integrated. Testing is performed. The project is reviewed and revised according to any feedback given.

Implementation Phase
During the implementation phase, a procedure for training the instructors and the learners is developed. The instructors' training covers the course curriculum, learning outcomes, method of delivery, and testing procedures. The learners' training focuses on new hardware or software. Testing is completed to ensure that the Web site is functional and that the books, hands on equipment, tools, CD-ROMs and software are in place.

Evaluation Phase
The evaluation phase consists of two parts: formative and summative. Formative evaluation, in which the team "test runs" various aspects of instructional materials to validate that the goals of the instruction are being achieved, is present in each stage of the ADDIE process. Summative evaluation provides information on the instructional material's efficacy (its ability to do what it was designed to do). The results are then used to revise instructional materials, as needed.

Contact Abromitis Online Learning to discuss your school's needs in developing online learning materials.