I am going to let you in on a little secret. My Instructional Design and E-Learning Development is NOT always the SAME and NOT always LINEAR.
Don’t get me wrong when I am in charge of a project, I use various THEORIES such as:
ADDIE
SAM
Ruth Clark
Kirkpatrick Model
and many others
The thing about theories is that they are created for perfect world scenarios and application, and we all know between stakeholders, the Business, key players, timelines, and a variety of other risks or barriers sometimes do not allow for all of the components of these theories to take place.
While these are the fundamental theories, I base my craft and design on, certain external variables usually move me to pivot throughout this process. This is what makes me adaptable and a problem solver as well.
Adult Learning Theories
Since I am primarily a contractor I work with some agencies or organizations that have a largely developed L&D Department and some that are only a team of 1 and have not identified their L&D processes.
I work with a non-profit organization where I am a team of one e-learning developer and the other members of the team deal more with operations processes within programs.
I was asked to bring my knowledge (very high-level) to a weekly meeting in order to explain the basics of adult learning theories. The video or presentation to the right is the resource I created to guide my presentation and teach other members of the team how our peers and staff members learn.