The Writers Gateway Announces T-Bites

Last year during March 1st week,  Writers Gateway had kick started its Game of the Week series. A lot of people appreciated and enjoyed the games posted in this blog. The series went on for 8 months and it came to an end after that. I wanted to continue posting games atleast on a monthly [...]

Gaming Can Change The World!

Can gamers change the world? How about designing world saving games? Jane Mcgonigal says no one wants to change the world just because it is good or because they are supposed to. But if you immerse them in an epic adventure and  say “We have run out of oil” . Here is a challenge for [...]

Anandadhara – An Asynchronous BL Approach to Teaching Music

Last weekend, we had an interesting online session for the members of Instructional Designers Community of India. During the session, Abhijit Patronobis of Monad Interactive demonstrated an e-learning module on music called Anandadhara. It was a very engaging session and it was interesting to see how music was taught to people using an asynchronous blended [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]