ADDIE - Analysis stage
I was having a chat with a work colleague the other day. The common work methodology at this work place revolves around the ADDIE method. While talking to her, I had a feeling that my colleague did not really understand this process very well. I say very well because although she knew what ADDIE stood for and had a broad idea of what needs to be done in each stage, she did not have a good understanding of the constituent elements of each stage or how to apply them. This got me thinking that perhaps there are many such instructional designers out there who might have been using this process on paper but do not understand it at a deeper level. This in turn gave me the fodder for my current entry. The ADDIE process is perhaps the most well-known and oldest of instructional design methods. ADDIE stands for A nalyse, D esign, D evelop, I mplement and E valuate. It is fairly intuitive and logical in nature. Also, it needs to be kept in mind that the ADDIE method whi