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How do you decide what instructional design methodology to follow? Talk about your process.
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Maria Cheryl Harkins is a Talent Development Consultant with over a decade of experience in sourcing, qualifying, interviewing, testing, onboarding, and training.
Most learning and development professionals are adept in certain instructional design methodologies. Selecting the best methodology depends primarily on the industry, the audience, and the subject of training. Popular ones include the ADDIE Model (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation), Bloom's Taxonomy, and SAM (Successive Approximation Model). Talk about your experience in utilizing any one instructional design method and your reasons for selecting it. A successful response shows a demonstrable knowledge of instructional design theory.
Maria Cheryl Harkins is a Talent Development Consultant with over a decade of experience in sourcing, qualifying, interviewing, testing, onboarding, and training.
"In the corporate world, training is often reactive rather than proactive. When designing reactively, I usually resort to the Successive Approximation Model. I prefer it because I often have limited time to analyze and because it is agile and, therefore, iterative. It's the most viable when you are given a short time to develop a course. Plus, training is rarely something we conduct only once. So the SAM framework is perfect because we can evaluate after a pilot run and improve before the next one. On the other hand, when designing proactively, I often employ ADDIE or ASSURE. The latter differs from the ADDIE model because it typically caters to learners through technology and media. I like that it is very objective-driven, which is crucial in a corporate setting. We often get a clear target metric to work towards, so it's essential for us to select learning media based on the skills, knowledge, and attributes associated with the target metric."
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