The Dick, Carey, and Carey Model

 The Dick, Carey, and Carey model is a guide for sound instructional design:

1. Assess needs to identify goals: Conduct a needs assessment and determine what it is that you want learners to be able to do when they have completed the instruction.

2. Conduct Instructional Analysis: Determine each instructional step and sub-step that will be used to assist the learner in reaching the predetermined goal.

3. Analyze learners and context: Analyze learners’ present skills, preferences/attitudes, characteristics of the instructional setting, and the setting in which the skills will eventually be used.

4. Write performance objectives: Write specific statements of what the learners will be able to do when they complete the instruction. This should be done at the course level, module level, and topic level.

5. Develop assessment instruments: Develop assessment to measure learner’s ability to perform what is described in the objectives.

6. Develop instructional strategy: Strategy could include preinstructional activities, presentation of information, practice and feedback, testing, follow-through activities. The choice of strategy is dependent on current knowledge of learning research, learning process, content, learners.

7. Develop and select instructional materials: Choose existing materials or develop new materials, which typically include a textbook, instructional materials, tests and instructor’s guide.

8. Design and conduct formative evaluation: Find out what your students thought of your course. In addition to the UTD student survey completed at the end of the semester, solicit informal feedback.

9. Revise instruction: Determine and eliminate barriers students may have had achieving the learning objectives. Refine instructional materials and techniques.

10. Conduct summative evaluation: Instructional Designers review the course materials, student critiques, and instructor feedback on the course. Recommendations are made for course improvement.

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