Comparison between the instructional design models ADDIE and Dick and Carey

1. ADDIE Model VS
Dick Carey Model
Signe Paulsson Glantz
HRD-647

2. What is Instructional Design?
Instructional design is the creation of instructional materials
from abstract learning theories with the goal of providing
knowledge through enabling real world application.
Instructional design models provide guidelines of how to
pedagogically organize materials and situations to achieve the
goals of the instruction.

5. Similarities Between the Models
❖ Both of the models have the following phases
→ Analysis
→ Design
→ Development
→ Evaluation
❖ They use a systematic approach
❖ They focus on input → output → process of designing a curriculum

6. Differences Between the Models
❖ Dick and Carey Model is more comprehensive
❖ The number of phases
→ Dick and Carey Model has nine phases
→ ADDIE Model has five
❖ The evaluation phase is different
→ Dick and Carey Model there is two phases of the
evaluation
→ ADDIE Model there is one phase of evaluation

7. Advantages and Challenges of ADDIE
Advantages
❖ Most common tool, other models are often based of this model
❖ Flexible and can be used across industries
❖ Well structured guide of the training material
Challenges
❖ Can be both expensive and time consuming
❖ Has to happen in a specific order
❖ Inhibits designers creativity
❖ Evaluation does not assist the improvement of the training material

8. Advantages and Challenges of Dick and Carey
Advantages
❖ Very detailed, prohibits mistakes along the way
❖ Gives guidance throughout the process
❖ Adjusts well for future updates
❖ Emphasis on organizing the training material
Challenges
❖ Time consuming due to the detail of the model
❖ Model is based on the idea that each step is very important which
prohibits the skipping of any of the steps

9. Conclusion
Both models are widely used tools in instructional design, they
both have advantages and challenges which should be considered
while deciding which model would be most beneficial.