The ADDIE System of ID

Went through the website recently from Intulogy (http://www.intulogy.com/addie/) that works through how they view the ADDIE system of ID. They have a very neat summary of their system (http://www.intulogy.com/addie/ADDIE-Flowchart-by-Intulogy.pdf) - which certainly helps to understand it all.

This one for me is incredibly detailed and gives great strcture when dealing with large groups of people, or a large number of stakeholders - which Intulogy seems like they deal with all the time. However, many of the concepts are useful for indivs as well.

I reflect on my experience, and I have had little formal training in instructional design, despite being a teacher for 15 or so years! I thknk now - "What have I been doing? How have I been able to scrape through with the results I have been getting? Is it all luck? I have a strong work ethic, and at times I have the resolve of: If at first I don't succeed, then work harder! Get it right next time!"

I know it is better to "Work smarter, not harder", but then, I often try the harder before realising I need to be smarter.

I have had little or no formal training, except through the role models that I have had time to work with. I love learning from other people and lately (last 5 years or so) I am enjoying refining my questioning techniques to encourage and also learn from other people in areas that I have links to. I suppose in that sense, I constantly am thinking about how to improve, but now is the time to start getting the smarter working harder!

This ADDIE method then, sounds great, but for larger projects - I am working on a larger project at the moment - which deals with teaching ID of all things!!! Maybe I need to consider applying the ADDIE method to this situation....but it sounds like too much hard work...and little time to do this, but then, how will I get it right? Or even more importnantly, how will I know IF I get it right? Time to think hard about ADDIE....