Educational Design Model: Compare and Contrast

Design models, in general, help instructional designers makes sense of problems and helps solve any problems that might arise. The Martin Ryder University of Colorado at Denver School of Education website said, "A model should be judged by how it mediates the designer's intention, how well it can share a work load, and how effectively it shifts focus away from itself toward the object of the design activity." The main three instructional design models that I chose to compare and contrast were the ADDIE Based Five-Step Method Towards Instructional Design, Keller's ARCS Model-Attention, and the Algo-Heuristic Theory.

The first factor that is different between all of these design models is the purpose of each model. The ADDIE Based Five-Step Method Towards Instructional Design methodology was organized to ensure that instructional designers are meeting the needs of their learners and meeting their goals and objectives of the class. It is done on a regular basis, so if I were to use it in my class, I would use it constantly throughout the semester. In the evaluation stage of this design, the instructional designer is looking to see if the learners were able to meet the goals and objectives of the class. They are also looking to see if the design method played a role in getting the learners to that point.

In Keller's ARCS Model-Attention, the purpose of the design is to attain and maintain the learner's attention. It's based off of perceptual arousal and inquiry arousal. Perceptual arousal is the method in which the instructor attains the attention of the learners through surprise. Inquiry arousal is the method in which instructors use challenging questions or problems to get the attention of their learners.