Explore structured frameworks like ADDIE, SAM, and Dick & Carey that guide how effective learning experiences are planned, designed, and delivered, with real-world applications and insights.
Mayer’s Principles of Multimedia Learning providing a research-based blueprint for designing instructional content that the brain can actually process and retain.
Gagné’s Nine Events of Instruction offer a step-by-step framework for delivering instruction that aligns with how people naturally process, apply, and retain new information.
ADDIE is a core model that uses five phases—Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation—to build effective, learner-focused training that improves over time.
The Dick and Carey Model is a systematic instructional design approach that links every step into a precise process focused on measurable learning outcomes.
A complete overview of Understanding by Design (UbD). Opinion on its strengths, limitations, and implications for instructional design.
Rapid Instructional Design (RID) focuses on speed and flexibility, streamlining development to deliver learning solutions quickly in fast-changing environments.
The Successive Approximation Model (SAM) is an agile, iterative framework that uses rapid prototyping and continuous feedback to create flexible, learner-centered training.