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ADDIE Design:
Identify Entry Behavior


Learning Objective: The learner will be able to state what should be considered in order to determine the instruction's entry behaviors.


It is crucial to assess entry behaviors and to set appropriate pre-requisites. Failing to adequately assess entry behaviors and prior knowledge may be detrimental to learners and cause you to fail to achieve the goals and objectives set for the instruction.

To assist you in determining the entry behaviors refer to the information you obtained in the Audience Analysis stage then consider what needs to be learned in the course.

Equally important is to insure diversity of background as it may be a great asset to the instruction by contributing a breath of opinions and fostering critical thinking and creative problem solving. Strive for balance, do not try to over regulate through entry requirements but do not admit those that cannot succeed.

You are designing an online course for which computer literacy will be essential. Assess the potential learners’ command of technology and determine what minimum standards should be given the medium used.


  • Use the audience analysis data to draw requirements
  • Don't hinder diversity or limit due to learning style
  • For online courses address technical literacy and capabilities





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