Summary of The ADDIE Model

An instruction design is a strategic planning of a course. It assists teachers and learners to connect all the dots to form a full and clear picture of teaching and learning events.

The ADDIE model consists of five stages - Analysis, Design, Development, Evaluation and Implementation. It is a tool that help people to think through a course's design. Although it appears linear, it does not necessarily have to be followed rigidly in a linear method. Following is a quick guide to the ADDIE model.

Analyze
Pre-planning; thinking about the course

• Design of course
• Audience
• Goal
• Objectives
• Identify contnet
• Identify Environment and Delivery
• Instructional Strategies
• Assessment Strategies
• Formative Evaluation
• Constraints

Design
Design your course on paper

• Name the learning units of Instruction
• Identify content and strategies for an individual unit of instruction
• Write instructions for the learning unit
• Name the menu items for a learning module

Develop
Develop course materials and assemble the course

• Based on design phase
• Build content, assignments, assessments
• Build course structure
• Upload content

Implement
Begin teaching

• Overview of course
• Expectations
• Initiate instruction
• Interaction
• Ask for feedback early on (formative evaluation)

Evaluate
Look at the course outcomes with a critical eye

• Did the students achieve expected learning outcomes?
• What have you learned?
• How can you make the course better?