Partner Analyze Tile

Overview

Analysis is broad and contains many diverse activities and tasks that are extremely important to the overall success of the learning solution. Through a proper analysis, the "Who, What, Where, Why, and By Whom" is determined. Instructional courses and systems that are developed, updated, or revised based on objective, valid, and reliable analyses are more likely to provide accurate, appropriate, and effective instruction for the target population.

During Analysis, the Instructional Development Team conducts various types of analyses (e.g., target audience, content, task, learning, and media).

The Instructional Development Team should carefully review project requirements to ensure that they conduct the appropriate types of analyses and that they collect the data required to make effective instructional decisions.

During Analysis, it is important for the Instructional Development Team to determine if the course will be “new” (i.e., new content), or if it will be a course conversion or update. If the course is to be converted or the course materials already exist, the Instructional Development Team should begin by validating the existing content using the following templates:

• Needs Assessment
• Planning and Analysis (P/A)
• Course Mapping Tool

Needs Assessment (NA)

A needs assessment is the process of determining if there is a need to improve performance and, if so, in what area and to what extent. Conducting a thorough needs assessment is critical to the development of successful instruction.

The purpose of a needs assessment is to ensure that the stated problem or identified deficiency can be solved with instruction and, if so, determine what instruction is needed. Instruction will only solve performance deficiencies that occur when a learner lacks the knowledge, skills, abilities, and/or attitudes required to successfully perform the task.

If the identified performance deficiency is not a result of a lack of knowledge, skills, abilities, or attitudes, instruction cannot solve the deficiency, and thus there is no need to proceed further with the course.

Planning and Analysis (P/A)

Defining the project scope involves identifying the project objectives and the work that must be performed to complete a project. The purpose of determining the scope is to clearly define the deliverables or end product of a project, as well as to focus the project team’s goals. A successful project scope should define and interweave project objectives, deliverables, milestones, technical requirements, limitations, and review cycles.

To assist in determining scope, consider the following:

• Resources
• Project Schedule
• Tasks
• Budget

To complete the Planning and Analysis, address the following:

• Learner/Environment considerations
• Job/Task analyses
• Content analyses
• Potential learning objectives
• Delivery/Media analyses
• Course mapping tool output

Resource:

Please see the Planning/Analysis, Delivery Analysis, and Course Mapping tools in the Templates section of the Training Resource and Center (TRDC).  The completed Planning/Analysis tool requires review and approval by the NTED/TPP PM to continue development of the course.