Instructional Design For Dummies

Chapter 4

Analyzing Tasks, Goals, and Outcomes

IN THIS CHAPTER

Clarifying the type of learning needed

Classifying learning outcomes and goals

Defining action verbs that align with learning outcomes

Performing task analyses

I introduce the Analysis phase of the ADDIE model in Chapter 3, focusing specifically on analyses of learners, contexts, and needs. After completing those analyses, the next step in the Analysis phase is to begin examining the tasks, knowledge, and skills to learn during the instruction. This is referred to as a task analysis. (If you're not familiar with the ADDIE model, check out my overview in Chapter 1.)

This chapter is all about conducting a task analysis, an important step for instructional designers because it outlines and identifies the content that will eventually become the basis for the instruction. After you outline the knowledge, skills, and sequences of tasks that need to be learned, you then are ready to start designing the instruction. In this chapter, I walk you through the different skills and methods of performing a task analysis.

Some important ...