What is the state of Instructional Design/ers in India?

I was busy last two months and that’s one main reason, I have kept away from this blog. This month is better and I have been catching up with some of my friends and fellow Instructional Designers A  short discussion with my fellow Instructional Designers on the state of Instructional Design/Instructional Designers in India prompted [...]

Should Form Follow Function or Vice Versa?

Some years back, I had to go through an induction program in one MNC. I was introduced to an award winning e-learning program that was supposed to introduce me to the company, product, services,  policies and procedures and more. The e-learning course interface design was  extravagant. It was an expert graphic designer’s work. While the [...]

How to Insert an Audio Loop in Camtasia

When I was creating this tutorial video using Camtasia, I was looking for ways to insert an audio loop. The audio clip I had was just 32 seconds and I had to extend it till 4 minutes. In Camtasia Studio, I could not find an option to loop the audio track. Please let me know [...]

5 Quick Tips to Reduce Editing Time in Camtasia Studio

Editing a video using Camtasia is a bit of a challenge for newbies – you will agree to this, if you are a regular user of Camtasia. But I think every tool has its pain points and there is always a learning curve with all  e-learning or screen capture tools. You really need to figure [...]

20 Tips to Get Started With Your First E-learning Project

This is my first post for this year. I have not been able to blog due to lot of changes that’s been happening in my professional life. Anyways, here I come, once again, to share the little knowledge that I have. This blog post is for those venturing into custom e-learning business or people who [...]

The Writers Gateway Presents Top 10 Posts 2010

The year 2010 has been great. I have written close to 43 posts and have managed to keep this blog alive A couple of posts managed to enter the “Great Learning Posts” list in elearning Learning.  This certainly has encouraged me to write more. I hope to write better posts the coming year. So here’s [...]

A Question to Answer – No/Incorrect Source Content, What do I do?

One of my blog readers asked me an interesting question: How do you go about finalizing content for your project when there is no source content or the source content you have is largely incorrect? To add to this problem, suppose the ID is working on a hardware based project, has not clue about the [...]

Why Learning From Videos is Difficult

We love watching videos. YouTube and other similar video sharing websites have made viewing and sharing videos as easy as possible. However when it comes to learning from videos, there is certainly a hitch. For example, consider I have to write a paper on Entrepreneurship and I am referring to some videos on the topic. [...]

Is it Okay to Punish Your E-Learners for not Paying Attention?

In school, I have been punished a lot of times – reasons :  homework not done, shoe not polished, stepped into the class late etc. I used to hate punishments and always wondered why teachers cannot be a little lenient or deal with these issues in a better way. Now consider this e-learning course : [...]

What are the Challenges with Online Training?

I just read this post listing 60 great resources on teaching online. I have been offering online training programs on Instructional Design basics for quite sometime now and I was delighted to find these resources. This also prompted me to write this post. If you offer training programs via Skype or web conferencing tools like [...]