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For this activity, we have been tasked to read about Instructional Design (ID) models and to connect theory and practice by sharing our thoughts of a design model that we have used within our work environment. I have to admit that my knowledge about ID models and learning environments is not very extensive, so reading and learning about it from the foundational level has been a very enlightening experience to me. Needless to say, due to my unfamiliarity with the topic, making decisions to choose a specific design model would be out of my comfort zone.
ADDIE is a widely known and utilized design model whose name stands for Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement and Evaluate. It is a 5-step process that instructional designers use to create technology-based courses. This design model is widely used in large and complex teaching designs and according to Bates, the ADDIE model “is also a very useful management tool, allowing for the design and development of large numbers of courses to a standard high quality” (2015). The Pompt’s OKT model is another design model used in the Netherlands and it is very similar to ADDIE with the difference that it “adds testing/revising the instructional solution prior to full implementation” (Dousay, 2017).
After reading about many different ID models, I can conclude that there is not an “all-in-one solution”. With that in mind, the ADDIE model with its strong foundation and proven results while it can be utilized to have consistency in education, in my opinion, it can also create barriers to innovation and openness to change in the corporate e-learning and training world. Just like Bates argues “it can be too predetermined, linear and inflexible to handle more volatile learning contexts” (2015). I also think that in the private sector, the learner’s profile, the cost-benefit, and the expected business outcomes are the fundamental considerations that have the biggest influence on choosing an ID model.
References
Bates, T. (2015). Chapter 4.3 The ADDIE Model. In Teaching in a Digital Age. BCcampus.
Brown, A. H., & Green, T. D. (2018). Beyond teaching instructional design models: exploring the design process to advance professional development and expertise. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 30(1), 176-186.
Dousay. T. A. (2017). Chapter 22. Instructional Design Models. In R. West (Ed.), Foundations of Learning and Instructional Design Technology (1st ed.).
Hi, Luis,
Thank you for your post. We would encourage you to embrace being outside of your “comfort zone” as you explore! Learning is messy, and often it is where the messy bits occur that the richest learning happens! That being said, even with little knowledge, it can become apparent quickly that there is no “all-in-one solution”. Yes, ADDIE has a strong “foundation and proven results” in education and other contexts, but there are many models that are arguably equally effective.
Can you support your “opinion” that it can create “barriers to innovation and openness to change in the corporate e-learning and training world”? What made you declare that? What evidence is there for this statement? Bates (2015) might have contented inflexibility, nevertheless, are there opportunities for flexibility with this model? what if the context changes? What if pieces of the process are iterative? We also wondered why you might “think that in the private sector, the learner’s profile, the cost-benefit, and the expected business outcomes are the fundamental considerations that have the biggest influence on choosing an ID model” what has influenced this thinking?
Lisa & Leeann
Bates, T. (2015). Chapter 4.3 The ADDIE Model, Chapter 4.7 ‘Agile’ Design: flexible designs for learning, and Chapter 10 Trends in Open Education. In Teaching in the digital age. BCcampus.
Hi Luis,
These instructional design models are all new to me as well.
You highlighted some of the limitations of the ADDIE model such as innovation and open to change so I’m curious to know what design model you think that would address these limitations. Would you consider the AGILE design model? Love to hear your thoughts.
Hi Luis,
Thank you for your post . It is nice to know that I am not alone in feeling out of my element in terms of instructional design models! I appreciate your comment that there is not an all-in-one solution, and that instructional designers need to determine fundamental outcomes when deciding on an instructional design model for their specific contexts.
Thanks again!
Amber