ADDIE Model – Analysis

Welcome to ED 308 Curriculum Design and Assessment for the e-Classroom

This first blog requires me to name my assignment, do a summary of the work conducted since the last time I blogged, add an item of interest, and note any problems or concerns.  Now I know that is of no interest to the person reading this except maybe the professor but in defense of myself, I’m not sure I can be as serious as he seems to think we should be.  I mean the purpose of a blog is to convey something of interest that others may gleam some knowledge, entertainment, or incite a discussion.

I must admit doing a blog has never been one of my favorite assignments. The only blog I read is the one my best friend does and only when she tells me I should read it. The only blog I have is this one and that is because Dr. Cowan required me to keep one while I was in ED 307. I will confess this, as much as I dislike doing a blog, discussions boards are at the top of my “things I dislike most about education courses” which is what we had to do for module 1. Uggh! I have now met the first two requirements.

The ADDIE model is simply a process to use when designing something that needs to be accomplished.  When I first starting researching the process, I felt like deja-vu since it was very similar to the process we used in the military when we had to develop any type of movement/battle plan. Then I found the chart below and realized why it sounded familiar.

In the analysis phase it’s the time to do some brainstorming. You need to know what it is you want the end product to be.  In the military it may have been to reach a supply point or move a brigade somewhere on the battlefield. In a kindergarten class, it may be by Christmas break have 45% of the class reading at grade level. List all the objectives, even if they get crossed off the list as you move through the process. Remember this is the first step, you are analyzing, meaning investigating all the parts of the relationships that will occur in the classroom, all the foreseeable problems, the timelines you’ll have, and what the needs of your students will be. Look at your brainstorming list and try putting your list into some sort of priority. As an instructor it’s important to know what is the “one thing” that all the other things depend on. I wanted my 5-7 year olds to learn how to play coquet, but first I had to teach them how to move the ball with a mallet before they could learn how to aim the ball through the different hoops. I needed to analyze what they knew, where they were in their physical development, what their attention span was, how much space they needed, and so on.  It’s no different than what a college professor must do prior to the first day of class.  This phase is not what you start two days before class begins.  It may not be the longest phase but it is the one that needs to be thoroughly thought through.

I see the biggest concern doing it the first time is at that point I most likely won't know what I don't know. I think this is the point in which I would turn to my fellow experienced teachers for some old fashion peer guidance.


Reference:
http://www.learning-theories.com/addie-model.html

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=addie+model&qpvt=addie+model&FORM=IGRE#view=detail&id=C434472924B0FD283169A62142C07021A8BF749F&selectedIndex=125

http://www.instructionaldesign.org/models/addie.html