Rationale for a Common Reference Model

• Successful implementation of ADL requires issuance of guidelines that are shared and observed by organizations with a stake in the development and use of instructional technology materials.

• If these guidelines are to be successfully articulated and implemented, they must be based on a common “reference model”.

• The reference model should

            --it must fully support articulation of guidelines

            --it must be adopted, understood and used by as wide a variety of stakeholders as possible

                --it must permit mapping of any stakeholder’s specific model for instructional systems design and development into itself.