ADDIE is often maligned in our industry these days, and often for good cause. I’m not going to delve into criticisms here; rather, I’m just writing to introduce a series of short posts I will make over the next few days, highlighting instructional design models that have had profound impacts on my work — specifically those that:

• speak to the creative process of creating learning experiences, and
• have originated in the practice of creating corporate learning (rather than in academic theory).

I hope to reach designers who might be hearing criticisms of the models promoted by their organizations, associations, and schools, and might be asking themselves the question in the title of this post.

Please stay tuned and feel free to share your own inspirations, as well!

Photo credit: kingarthur10 on Flickr.

Part 1: Overall Course Structure – Thiagi’s 4-Door Model

Part 2: What to Include? – Cathy Moore’s Action Mapping

Part 3: Designing Interactions – Michael Allen’s CCAF

No Seriously… If Not ADDIE, Then What?

Full series here.