Educational Technology
Comparison of the ASSURE, DID, and IDM Models
Model
ASSURE MODEL
Characteristics
The teachers do not just
analyze the students by
knowing their names, age,
interests and academic
Learners first
abilities, they also go
beyond by knowing their
learning preferences,
expectations, and such.
The objectives that should
be done in the ASSURE
model is highly holistic. This
is because it does not only
Formulate
cover the cognitive domain SMART objectives. It should does not explicitly state the
Objectives
of the students’ abilities but
it also encompasses their
affective and psychomotor
domains.
When designing the
materials, the teacher
Choosing the right should think of the qualities
materials and of the materials that will be
strategies used. The teacher should
also think of the availability lesson. It should be sufficient
of the media, technology,
DID MODEL IDM MODEL
Like the ASSURE model, it
also analyses the needs
This gives focus on what
and wants of the learners.
the students need to
They go deeper on how the
know and what they
students’ background
already know.
would affect the teaching
and learning process.
The objectives in the DID Unlike the two previous
model should follow be models, the IDM model
be what the teacher formulation of objectives in
expects from the students. the steps of the model.
This step in the DID model
requires rigorous process
The materials that will be
and detailed presentation
used should be first secured
of the teaching strategies
at hand before finding new
that will be used for the
materials.
for the learners’ needs and
 and the materials that will
be used,
This part evaluates the
impact of teaching to the
students. This means that
the overall process will be
Evaluation
evaluated as well. This also
includes the evaluation of
the media and technology
used.
differences. Among all the
models, the DID model is
the only model that has a
step allotted for choosing
the appropriate strategies
to be used.
Like the ASSURE model, this
does not only evaluate the Like the two other models,
teaching strategies of the the IDM models allows the
teachers but the materials teachers to evaluate the
they used in the lessons as procedures done and
well. The appropriateness of achievements gained by
the media and technology both the students and the
used will be put into priority teachers. The evaluation will
as well as the support it be followed by the revision
offered to the teaching of the procedures done.
and learning process.