Learning methodologies can be complex and boring. But in case you are explaining them to a client, much of the complexity can be avoided.
If you opened this article hoping to convince your client by giving them a jargon-less overview of the top 3 popular eLearning development methodologies – ADDIE, AGILE, and SAM over a coffee, you got just what you wanted.
Any training development comes down to following a standard set of tasks that define the efficiency and quality of the learning outcome. We call these standards as learning methodologies. Over the years, these standards have evolved to form three main strategies:
Instead of directly talking about the differences between these methodologies, we will talk about Larry, Curly and Moe who wish to construct a Lego building for their school project.
Larry chooses ADDIE approach to build his skyscraper.
Analysis: He gets the inputs from his teacher about the number of storeys, windows, and doors.
Design: He creates the floor plan and gets it approved by his teacher.
Development: He buys Lego blocks from the store, skips his favorite cartoon show and constructs the building before his bedtime.
Implementation: He carefully wraps his project and takes it to school for submission.
Evaluation: His teacher checks the Lego building against the approved design, and gives Larry an A+. All is good.
But what if Larry’s teacher suggests the ground floor should have an additional window and a wider door? Larry will have to skip the cartoon show again and redo the complete construction. Pretty tedious, right?
Curly anticipates that his teacher may suggest some changes. He chooses the AGILE approach:
In real life, we use fancier and complex jargon such as Sprints, Scrums and Product Backlogs to describe these stages, but the core idea is the same.
But, what if the teacher suggests some new changes every time Curly shows his progress? This will create an unending loop of review and rework.
Moe decides to use Curly’s approach but limits it to three reviews and three reworks. This makes his teacher happy as well as saves his lunchtime.
In real life, the number of review stages may scale up to 8 iterations depending on the project size and complexity. But the main idea remains pretty much the same.
Although it largely depends on the scenarios, Moe adopted a smarter approach:
Now, you know how to explain ADDIE, AGILE and SAM to your client and your coffee is almost finished. Get a refill if you want to think about it.
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