What in the ISD?

Instructional Systems Design Models help teachers to create lessons that will faciliate their students learning in the most effective manner. These systems are helpful in allowing teachers to determine the needs of their students, to then determine their goal of instructions, and then creating the means of assisting to students in meeting this goal. These systems are based on theories of various individuals from different schools of thought. By utilizing an insstructional system, educators are able to not only analyze and better asssist their students, but they are able to better understand their own beliefs. In utilizing these systems and studying the various aspects and the theories behing them, educators can get closer to creating their own pedagogy. The most commonly used model for developing instruction is the ADDIE model. ADDIE is an actual acronym for the 5 phases of the model. These phases include Analyzing, Designing, Developing, IMplementing, and Evaluating. The analyzing phase requires educators to actually analyze their students and how the learn along with the actual information that they are to learn. During the design phase, educators devlop their learning objectives and choose how they are actually going to instruct. The developing phase is exactly how it sounds: create your actual lesson. During the implement phase, the educator actually delivers the instruction. And during the evaluation phase, the educator makes sure that the objectives were actually met. Although this model is seemingly basic, it can be extremely beneficial to teachers in creating and implementing their lessons. It also requires you to reflect and evaluate yourself and possibly enhance not only your actual teaching style but also your lesson.