Instructional Design and Workforce Training

At Peregrine Digital Media, we subscribe to lifelong learning. Whether it be the constant need to stay up on technical skills or helping your company grow efficiently through knowledge transfer and skills training —

If you are new to Instructional Design or EVEN if you have developed a course before, you may need to see some of the most used terms in instructional development.

Let’s begin with a review of common process called ADDIE:

SAM: Successive Approximation Model

While ADDIE is a step-by-step process, SAM is more like a spiral. We tend to use SAM during the DDI phases of the ADDIE process. It’s an iterative design model—which means we build, test, and improve over and over until the training is just right.

At Peregrine Digital, we use SAM to move fast and stay flexible. Instead of spending months building a full course only to find out it doesn’t quite work, we start small, test early, and refine often.

We follow a prototyping methodology that moves through three main phases:

1. Low-Fidelity Prototype

   • Think paper sketches, sticky notes, flowcharts, and rough outlines.

   • We use simple tools to map out the concept and get fast feedback.

     • Example: Drawing a sample lesson layout on a whiteboard or using index cards to organize a sequence.

2. Mid-Fidelity Prototype

   • Now we make a working version—slides, screen mockups, or simple digital walkthroughs.

   • Still rough, but closer to what the learner will actually experience.

     • Example: An early version of an eLearning module with placeholder text and sample interactions.

3. High-Fidelity Prototype

   • This is the polished version with final content, visuals, audio, and functionality.

   • Built to be tested by real users or launched as the final product.

     • Example: A fully branded, interactive course hosted in an LMS, complete with knowledge checks and downloadable resources.