About ADDIE

ADDIE in our instructional design filed means Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. Though having been knowing its importance and application to certain extent since entering EdTech Program, I myself seemed to experience this tonight while making some preparation for my planned study group.

I have thought forming an online English Study Group for a while, possibly as early as I was taking the comprehensive exam. As I have always been such a procrastinator, the plan was not realized until tonight I started to build a platform by Google Site. My intention of having Google Site as the platform, obviously, is to take its advantages of multifunctionality such as wiki, discussion forum, and easy-to-build-a-website feature. Yet there are always problems that I cannot fix, even though I tried to use its template. Finally, or I should say, for now, I stopped.

Stopping does not mean giving up. I paused a little bit and hold back, trying to contemplate what my purpose is to have a platform, how the study group may run, and what functions the platform may need. Having these questions in mind, all of sudden, reminds me of ADDIE, specifically, analysis. Now it seems so clear that what I need is not a Google Site, but a simple blog should be sufficient, as long as the platform can serve the function of providing spaces for participants to share information, make contribution, and raise questions.

The logic is so self-explanatory yet I was so attracted to the fancy functions and interface by a Google Site can offer. So now you see ADDIE is really simple but important. What's more, when it comes to put ADDIES into real practice, there seems to be always some awkwardness, which, I think, is something we need to overcome.