SMITH AND RAGAN MODEL: OVERVIEW
Smith and Ragan do not propose that their design model is unique. They suggest it is the three major activities of analysis, strategy, development and evaluation are part of many instructional design models. The primary distinction between this and other models is the detail of treatment of instructional strategies.
The phases of the model are design organized as follows:
Analysis and Assessment : This phase occurs prior to the development of instruction and involves four components, contextual analysis, leaner analysis, task analysis and assessment of the learning. In Smith and Ragan argue that attention early in the model to analysis will save time, money and frustration.
Instructional Strategies : This section composed of the following characteristics (1) Organizational Strategies -How will the instruction be sequenced?(2) Delivery Strategy- What instructional medium will be used?How will the learners be grouped? and (3) Management Strategies - Scheduling and allocation of resources.
Evaluation : Formative and summative evaluation occurs during and after design development and informs the designer and the learner if the desired learning has taken place. One to one evaluation and small group evaluation will be used to determine potential problems with the instruction and the context.
The Smith & Ragan model was appropriate in the sense that it is a system oriented ISD model, with perspective on three main components.
This model consists of 3 phases:
Analysis
Strategy
Evaluation
Strong in the area of developing specific instructional strategies where many other ID models are weak in this area.
Encourages learning advocacy
Support alternate delivery systems
It is linear
Does not acknowledge complexities associated with instructional design