Hello. My name is Amy Robertson and I am an instructional designer. I specialize in designing art, music, physical education, and foreign language instruction. This presentation os an overview of an instructional model called ADDIE that is an integral part of my professional practice. It is one of the most common models used for guiding people through the creation and evaluation of instruction.

Let's take a closer look at the components of ADDIE and how they all impact instructional design and each other.

ADDIE is an acronym for Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate.
These are the 5 activities or phases of the ADDIE model and they are all essential for the development of instruction.

Here is a graphic that visually shows the cycle of ADDIE.

Think of ADDIE as a giant puzzle. All the pieces are essential and it takes time and thought to fit them all together. Instructional design with the ADDIE model is similar. The phases or activites of ADDIE rely on each other and build upon each other to create an effective instructional design that is a continual cycle that includes revision and refinement.
ADDIE is a continuous cycle that guides professionals through designing effective instruction. Some designers refer to ADDIE as having phases or stages, but Larson and Lockee in "Streamlines ID" refer to ADDIE as an iterative process with activities rather than phases or stages.

How does ADDIE apply to an instructional design project?
To answer this big question, we need to glance at the 5 phases or activites of ADDIE.

Analyze.
In the analysis phase, instructional designers take a close look at need. There are many needs present when an instructional designer is called to duty. Basically, what an instructional designer does first is gather, organize, and analyze data to determine if instruction will be the best solution. We refer to this as the needs analysis or needs assessment. After I review the rest of the the activites/phases of ADDIE, I will provide more in depth information about this crutial first step in the ADDIE cycle.

Design
The Design phase includes three main functions.
1. Assesssments are developed based on goals, learners, contect, and standards.
2. Courses are formatted and decisions are made about how course content will be delivered.
3. Instructional strategies for content delivery are identified.

Development
The development phase includes three main stages:
1. Samples of instructional products are created for review.
2. Course materials are developed and reviewed.
3. Do a timed, practice run-through with all the materials created and review, revise, and refine.

Implement
There are three main parts to the Implementation Phase.
1. Training the teacher (s) or instructor (s)to teach the course.
2. Preparing all the learners so they are ready to learn, in the correct level of learning based on previous knowledge, and they are prepared with materials.
3. Get the learning space and materials prepared for instruction and learning.

Evaluate
There are two main parts to this phase.
1. Formative - these are primarily practice and a chance for learners to gain experience with content. The formative stage is also a great place for the instructor to gather baseline data on learners in order to alter and adjust content, instructional strategies, pacing, and assessment methods.
2. Summative - this is where learning is truly assessed and the instructional effectiveness can begin to be evaulated. The summative assessment is usually a culminating experience where the learner shows evidence of their learning and the instructor makes decisions for further content progression.

So how does an instructional designer take all this information and streamline it?

We need to go back and visit the Analyze phase.
Here is where we must conduct a needs assessment survey so we can understand the instructional needs and our learners. This is an essential step to getting the ADDIE cycle rolling. Let's take a look at some examples of questions I often ask in a needs assessment survey, and I will explain why they are important questions.

As an instructional designer with arts, physical eduation, and foreign language I have specific questions I ask when conducting a needs assessment survey. Here are eight general questions I usually ask when conducting a needs assessment for an instruction design job:
1. Who are the stakeholders and what are their expectations? (Learners, users, employees, etc...)
2. Who does what - basically who makes decisions and who is in charge.
3. What is the problem, challenge, or opportunity that needs addressed what are the causes and what are the needs based on the problems.
4. Collect data on what you need to know and look at the constraints involved.
5. Who really are the learners and what are they all about?
6. Analyze contexts and content
7. Transform needs onto goals

All these quesetions help me to formulate what is happening, what needs to happen, and what shoudl happen in the course of instruction. All these questions inform me of the scope and purpose for creating solutions in learning environments. WIthout asking these questions, an instructional designer will not be able to meet the needs of all learners and instructors.

And finally,

8. Get approval to proceed

Without this. the project cannot proceed.

Hopefully this presentation on the ADDIE model provided you with a good overview of this effective instructional design tool. Thank you for viewing and feel free to contact me at artistamyrobertson@gmail.com if you have any questions or need further information.
Thank you.

Here are the resourcs i used for this presentation.
All image were Creative Common images proveided by Haiku and/or Adobe Spark. The ADDIE Model graphic was created by me.