ADDIE 3 - Analysis Draft thoughts

Analysis

1. Analysis
1. Define Analysis - The Instructional Designer (ID) determines exactly what the goal/need is, who the audience is, what the task involves and if training intervention is truly the required resolution.
2. Why of analysis
3. Types of analyses

                                          i.        Goal Analysis

                                        ii.        Task Analysis

                                       iii.        Learner Analysis

                                       iv.        Need Assessment

4. Approval or Validation of Analysis – formative evaluation
5. Examples of analysis

Analysis is the first stage of instructional design. In this stage, the Instructional Designer (ID) determines exactly what the goal/need is, who the audience is, what the task involves and if training intervention is truly the required resolution.

When someone says something that sounds like the following, your ears should perk up and your analysis skills should be put into motion.

·         “Hey, we have a new product that we want to roll out. We need associates to be trained on XYZ.”

·         “Associates keep messing up the documentation for the ABC process.  We need to teach them how to do this again.”

·         “We are changing the Widget process and need to teach associates the new process”.

·         “Leaders just aren’t preparing themselves or associates well for the upcoming marketing changes.”

           

            You need to dig deeper to see what causes the need and if training really is the correct intervention to resolve the issue.  Too many people jump to training as the answer and more specifically to poor performance by the end user as an issue that training can fix.  True, poor performance is sometimes the case but will training fix the poor performance?  That’s where your skills in analysis are put into play.

Note: If a new product or process is being rolled out, training is often the correct intervention. Keep in mind that if it is simply a process change, the size of the process change will indicate the level of training intervention required or if communication instead of training will suffice.

You will need to use the following types of analysis:

• Goal Analysis  define here  - when to use, what it tell you, how to use, who to involve, how to do it – see my notes to IDs from exercise last spring
• Task Analysis - define here  - when to use, what it tell you, how to use, who to involve, how to do it, Include desired behavioral change. see my notes to IDs from exercise last spring
• Learner Analysis define here  - when to use, what it tell you, how to use, who to involve, how to do it -  see my notes to IDs from exercise last spring
• Need Assessment define here  - when to use, what it tell you, how to use, who to involve, how to do it - see my notes to IDs from exercise last spring

Stopped here…. Include template samples of each type of analysis with examples filled out for Widget product. Provide Appendix with unpopulated templates.