Submitted by Joanne T (not verified) on Sun, 10/08/2006 - 10:35am.
Definitely interesting, but I have to say that I don't think the idea of never being "finished" with a course is a new one... In my experience, the reason we end up with a fairly static outcome has a lot less to do with ID approach than it does practical business concerns. (While everyone seems to agree in theory that feedback from each implementation should be fed back into reevaluation and redesign of the course, it's rare to find a producer who's really ready to budget for this in practice)
That said, I do like the stated focus on anchors early on in the model, as well as the strong focus on fomative evaluation ... in many other models, people do tend to get too locked in to "modular thinking" before they've really had a chance to think about themes and metaphors
Definitely interesting, but I have to say that I don't think the idea of never being "finished" with a course is a new one... In my experience, the reason we end up with a fairly static outcome has a lot less to do with ID approach than it does practical business concerns. (While everyone seems to agree in theory that feedback from each implementation should be fed back into reevaluation and redesign of the course, it's rare to find a producer who's really ready to budget for this in practice)
That said, I do like the stated focus on anchors early on in the model, as well as the strong focus on fomative evaluation ... in many other models, people do tend to get too locked in to "modular thinking" before they've really had a chance to think about themes and metaphors