So in this post, I want to talk about assessing needs to identify instructional goals (Dick & Carey, 2001). Dick and Carey mention the significance of the needs assessment process in order to achieve the instructional goals like “skills, knowledge, and attitudes”. Designers mostly focus on acquisitions at the end of the course. The acquisitions also take place in my yearly plan (guess what? I’m a teacher 🙂 ) and they are like “students will be able to take notes while listening”.
The problem, the solution, and the instructional goal have to be crystal clear. As the authors said, “identify the problem” and find solutions about them is not an easy task. We, as learners, have to find a problem and try to identify a solution, too. We should emphasize the acquisition part which is the main goal of instructional design.
To learn more, check Dick & Carey (2001) – The Systematic Design of Instruction, Chapter 2.
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