How relevant is the ADDIE model in 2009?
The ADDIE model provides a formal, structured framework for the development of instructional interventions. To the best of my knowledge the model has its origins in the American military, but has been promoted widely, particularly as a basis for the design and development of self-paced e-learning. ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation) has been criticised because of its rigidity, its waterfall-like flow (down but never back up) and because hardly anyone really uses it in practice. On the other hand, alternative models (or the use of no model at all) can be accused of being too fluid and potentially wasteful. So, is it time we kicked ADDIE into touch, or is the problem that we haven’t been taking it seriously enough?
