What is Needs Assessment

The first step in the instructional design process intended to determine the instructional needs of the learners. Learn more in: Information Literacy Support for Online Students in Higher Education

Needs assessment is identifying what the interested parties expect to get from the process and outcome of an intervention. Learn more in: Integrated Design of Web-Platform, Offline Supports, and Evaluation System for the Successful Implementation of University 2.0

An organized evaluation of present processes and anticipated needs. Learn more in: Integration of Human Resource Management Knowledge into Career and Technical Education

An analysis of the needs and desires of a target audience. Methods of conducting a needs assessment include survey questionnaires, focus groups, and personal interviews. Learn more in: Preparing Participants for Computer Mediated Communication

An activity that takes place during the early stages of the system development life cycle and that attempts to discover and make known the explicit needs of the business owner (customer) as well as those who will operate (users) the new computerized system. Learn more in: Employee Preparation, Participation, and Performance

The utilization of social research methods to systematically investigate the effectiveness of social intervention programs designed to inform social actions in ways that improve social conditions. Learn more in: Evaluating Systemic Assistive Technology Needs

A systematic process of determining the gap, or need, between current conditions and desired conditions. Learn more in: Strategic Leadership in Instructional Design: Applying the Principles of Instructional Design through the Lens of Strategic Leadership to Distance Education

The process of determining the needs of a targeted population. Learn more in: Technology Aspects of Information Literacy in the Workplace

The gathering and analysis of information to identify the strengths and weaknesses of an organization. Learn more in: Defining Technology Challenges to Growth of an International Non-Governmental Organization (NGO): A Case Study

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Completed during the preparation stage of service-learning. A checklist and reflection L.E.A.D. teacher candidates are required to complete to assist them in identifying important needs in his or her school community. Learn more in: Service-Learning

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Assessment that helps teachers elicit information about students’ needs and design effective course materials. Learn more in: Assessment of EAP Literacies in Diverse and Multilingual Classrooms

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A questionnaire which is used for finding out the needs of the teachers or learners or educators in order to offer training accordingly. Learn more in: Effectiveness of Teacher Training in Using Latest Technologies

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Used to determine if an instructional need exists by conducting a needs assessment using some combination of the following methods and techniques. Learn more in: Instructional Design Methodologies

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The gathering and analysis of information to identify the strengths and weaknesses of an organization. Learn more in: Challenges in International Consulting: A Leadership Case Study

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Collecting and analyzing information to determine (a) the needs of a group of people to something new or to-be-developed, and (b) things need to be done to ensure the success of the new thing to-be-developed. Learn more in: Initial Stages to Create Online Graduate Communities: Assessment and Development

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Analysis that instructional designers often conduct to determine whether or not there actually is a need for new instruction to be developed (Smith et al., 2005). Learn more in: Instructional Design in Corporate Settings

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The process by which the current state of operations and the desired state of operations are analyzed against each other to identify operating gaps that need to be addressed before the organization can attain the desired state of operations. Learn more in: Curricula Frameworks for an E-Learning Catalog

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The data-driven search for opportunities to maximize individual, team, or organizational performance by contributing to the effectiveness, efficiency, and/or ease of supporting organizational goals. Learn more in: Insider Effects: Empathy in Needs Assessment Practice

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A tool used to identify “the gap” between what is already known and what needs to be learned in order to address particular organizational or personal needs. Needs assessment uses questionnaires, surveys, interviews, observation, etc. to collect data. Learn more in: Instructional Design and Online Standards

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Conducting an assessment to identify performance gaps. Gaps are identified by discussing desired performance gaps and looking to see if there are discrepancies with current performance practices. Learn more in: Improving Classroom Management and Teacher Retention: A Needs Assessment

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