The ADDIE model is probably the most well-known approach for mapping out the course design process. But it isn’t the only game in town these days. One popular alternative is SAM: the Successi...
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I think it's a mistake to characterize ADDIE as linear. It is in fact dynamically circular. The fifth step, evaluation of instruction, leads you back to analysis, or design, or development.
- I agree with you, William. Too many people getting into ID work try to keep the ADDIE model linear, and as the article mentioned in a waterfall presentation. I use ADDIE as a guide, and I feel that SAM, AGILE, or any other model still retain all 5 steps to ID within ADDIE. ADDIE is a structure and a guidance. My designs are always circular. I prototype within ADDIE all the time during design and development both.
