The Development phase

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ADDIE is an instructional that helps instructors, instructional designers and plan and create instruction. The ADDIE model is used to create all kinds of instruction, from showing auto mechanic students how to repair carburetors to training astronauts on launch procedures. In this presentation, however, we will use simpler examples to illustrate the ADDIE principles.

The ADDIE model includes five phases: analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation. Let's take a closer look at the third phase, the development phase. During the development phase, create a , develop the actual and a .

Let's say you have a newspaper route and your boss wants you to teach his kid how to do it while you're away on vacation. After going through the analysis and design phases, you'll want to create a sample of your and show them to your boss. This may consist of a portion of the map you were going to create and a paragraph or two of the you were going to write, as well as the you developed during the design phase.

Since he is your and is going to have final say in the instruction, you're going to want to show him your progress and get his ideas and . You don't want to go to the trouble of creating all your instructional materials and then find out that he didn't like the you made, or that there was something wrong with them.

After you and your client are sufficiently satisfied with the , it is time to dig in and develop the course materials. You should have already decided which to include during the design phase, when you made your instructional strategy. Use that and the sample instruction you made as a , and keep the comments and feedback from your client in mind. When you are finished developing the course materials, hold a with your client and see if he or she has any more comments or suggestions.

Once you have created your course materials and gone through them with your client, it will be time to conduct a run-through of your instruction. This is a real-time of the course using all the materials and you have created. In our simple example, this could be showing a friend the instructions and map you created, as well as a of your paper route, if that was part of your instructional strategy. You would treat your friend as if she were the actual student, in this case, your boss's kid.

It's a good idea to prepare a ahead of time as well, to find out if there are any areas you can improve on. You will want to time your run-through as well. If your boss was only going to give you an hour to train his kid, you're going to want to make sure you can do it in the .

So that's a basic overview of the development phase of the ADDIE model. If you've done a thorough analysis and design, the development phase will go a lot smoother, though it still takes time to create quality instructional materials. Next, we'll take a closer look at the . Thanks for watching.