Instructional Design The ADDIE Approach

ADDIE is an acronym for Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and
Evaluate. ADDIE is a product development paradigm and not a model per se.
The ADDIE concept is being applied here for intentional learning environments. The application of ADDIE to instructional systems design facilitates the
complexities of intentional learning environments by responding to multiple
situations, interactions within context, and interactions between contexts. Yet,
the fundamental ADDIE components remain the same throughout various
applications and variations of the ADDIE paradigm depend on the context in
which ADDIE is being applied. Instructional design centers on individual
learning, has immediate and long-range phases, is systematic, and uses a systems
approach about knowledge and human learning. Effective instructional design
focuses on performing authentic tasks, complex knowledge, and genuine problems. Thus, effective instructional design promotes high fidelity between
learning environments and actual work settings. However, instruction should
be considered as a potential intervention, only when a lack of knowledge and
skills has been validated as the main cause for a performance gap. Thus,
ADDIE can be applied when instruction is an appropriate response to a
performance discrepancy. Clients and other primary stakeholders should be
considered as people for whom you are providing a service. Subject matter
experts and other content specialists should be regarded as cooperating partners
of the design and development team. The simplicity of the ADDIE concept
combined with multiple prompts for inclusiveness continues to prove its effectiveness. The remainder of the book presents detailed concepts and procedures related to ADDIE as applied to the systematic design of instruction.