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ADDIE vs SAM
Hello everyone. As a new member to this forum, I've found your comments on courseware development very enlightening. Good show!
With regard to design and project management of e-learning, I wond...
Personally, I think it's all generally the same.
ADDIE isn't a linear process. I've always seen it as the core considerations in course design. You do some analysis, design and develop (test your ideas and iterate) and then build a final product that is implemented and evaluated for its effectiveness.
I agree, Tom. It seems that the websites that promote the SAM system try to pass off the ADDIE method as linear. When managing ADDIE, there are of course many factors within the project team that may or may not lead to effective training products. No design is perfect, hence the ADDIE systems approach, but it is effective and efficient in the right hands. I've not used SAM and wonder if there are any of its champions in this crowd?