Doing it Right - Development (ADDIE)

The development stage in the ADDIE system involves bringing the assessment and design processes to life as it shapes and develops the course. As we know keeping the audience engaged can be a difficult task. When developing the course, one has to constantly be thinking of ways to deliver the subject matter and keep the trainee engaged at the same time.

While reading this chapter, I picked up on the fact that the author uses a storyline approach for the reader to follow. I like the concept of identifying and addressing certain tasks by adding specific media within the course to assist in keeping the trainees focused. As a technical instructor, I sometimes find myself delivering information and data to students and unfortunately sounding too much like a drill sergeant. This just turns them off and its really easy to lose their attention. Therefore, in order to keep them engaged I’ve learned that I have to change my delivery tactics. So, I tell short stories of trial and error in decision making that either went great and or wrong. They seem to stay awake when I tell them the things that I did that went wrong.

The following are two components necessary for the development stage:

Facilitator’s Guide:

The Facilitator guide must have a purpose. It should be organized and structured in the way that the outlined objectives and materials are sequentially identified and delivered within the scheduled allotted time. There is nothing worse than trying to deliver information that is not organized. Therefore, it should contain the list of all necessary components, materials and formatted directions.

Participant’s Manual:

The Participants manual should be a creation that is designed and formatted to assist in the trainees learning. Headings are very important and should be a continuous roadmap from one objective to the next. The manual should include introductions, objectives, summaries and printed materials such as job aids. Most importantly as the designer, it should be something that you are proud to display.

One of the most important training materials used in training is referred to as a Job Aid.

A “Job Aid” according to Piskurich’ glossary is “an easy-to-carry summary of a procedure that the learner can use on the job to aid transfer of learning. It provides guidance on the performance of a specific task or skill. Job aids are used in situations in which it is not feasible or worthwhile to commit the procedure to memory before on-the-job activity.” (487).

Below is a link to a Job Aid that I will be using for my Project A.

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I chose this particular job aid to assist the trainee with identifying specific damaged or missing components as he/she performs what is known as a walk around inspection of a Tractor Trailer Combination.

Thank you and as always, I appreciate you reading my Blog,

Mr. G.

Reference:

George M. Piskurich. (2015). Rapid Instructional Design: Learning ID Fast and Right: Vol. Third edition. Wiley.