How Technology Can Persuade You to Learn!

How do you train someone to become a great manager? How easy or difficult is to train someone on leadership skills?
Are classroom training programs or online training programs on leadership skills  enough?
A great leader  never gets manufactured in a classroom. Why? Because leadership  has lot got to do with behavioral and attitude change and this kind of [...]

February 22nd, 2010 | Category: Captology, Instructional Design, PINOT, Technology | One comment

The Writers Gateway Turns 3!

Hello All,
Today I complete 3 years of blogging and it really means a lot to me. This blog now has 222 posts, close to 600 comments and nearly 200 feed readers. I have got some really nice feedback on my posts and my blog. Thanks to all of you who helped me reach this far.
When [...]

February 21st, 2010 | Category: Instructional Design, Writers Gateway News | 3 comments

Are You a Fresher Looking for a Job in Instructional Design?

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Times are changing. Getting a job as a fresher is no longer so easy, I guess. At least that’s what the popular job portals in India tell me.  I was checking some popular job portals and found that most employers require candidates with [...]

February 8th, 2010 | Category: Instructional Design, Instructional Designers | One comment

Instructional Designers Meetup Jan 30, 2010 Across Cities in India

January 30, 2010 is going to be an eventful day. Instructional Designers across cities in India are going to meet in groups in their own city. This is going to be the first meeting organized by the Instructional Designers Community of India this year.
More than 50 Instructional Designers have RSVPd for the meetup. This is [...]

January 28th, 2010 | Category: ID Community of India, ID Meet Up, Instructional Design, Instructional Designers | One comment

Ribbon Hero – A Cool Game to Hone Your MS Office Skills

Microsoft has launched the prototype of a game called Ribbon Hero which will help people boost MS Office knowledge and skills. You just  have to download and install Ribbon Hero. It acts as an add-in in MS Word, MS PowerPoint etc.
How does it work?
Every time you use a feature in MS Word or MS Powerpoint, you [...]

January 21st, 2010 | Category: Game Based Learning, Game Design, Games, Instructional Design, Multiplayer Games | 3 comments

Learning in 3D is Fascinating!

I get surprised when I hear people buying virtual stuff. I always wonder why they do it and what kind of satisfaction they must be getting in buying things that they cannot touch and feel. Well, I realize I am not quite different from those people. I get so involved in playing Farmville and get [...]

January 20th, 2010 | Category: 3DLE, ADDIE, Instructional Design, Instructional Designers, Instructional Strategy | 5 comments

Is it Skill or Will?

Consider this story:
A girl who works in a call center wants to become an Instructional Designer. Her writing skills are average. However she has this strong urge to learn. She gets motivated by creative work. She is willing to put in lot of hard work.
She finds Instructional Design interesting. She has gained some  basic Instructional [...]

January 18th, 2010 | Category: Instructional Design, Instructional Designers, Instructional Designing Training | 7 comments

Got 2 Minutes for Learning?

I just read a blog post by Upside Learning and got inspired to write this post.
What I learnt?
Upside Learning has partenered with Skill-Pill of UK and are working on developing 2 minute learning videos that you can access on your mobile. You can access these videos anytime, anywhere. Skill-Pills can cover topics such as leadership. business [...]

January 12th, 2010 | Category: 2 Minute Video, Instructional Design, Mobile Learning | 3 comments

Instructional Design Basics for Stark Beginners

Hello All,
I am pleased to announce a training program on Instructional Design for beginners. You should consider this training program, if you are someone who has no clue about Instructional Design and wants to gain basic Instructional Design skills to get productive at work. This training will adopt a fast-paced approach with emphasis on learning [...]

January 4th, 2010 | Category: Instructional Design, Instructional Design Basics, Instructional Designers, Instructional Designing Training | 3 comments

2009 Top Posts – The Writers Gateway

This post is in response to the Big Question December 2009 – What did you learn about learning in 2009?
I guess this year I learnt much more than last year. Let me quickly list some highlights here:

I have written better quality articles.
I have gained good instructional designing and technical writing skills.
I learnt microblogging through Twitter.
The [...]

December 11th, 2009 | Category: Instructional Design, Writers Gateway performace report | 3 comments
 
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