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

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

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

How Humour and Fun Work Wonders in Learning

Sometime back I had written a post on character driven stories for e-learning. This post talks about including emotions in e-learning that make a great impact on the audience. While strong emotions can make an impact, something light hearted can also make a great impact.
I have always felt amazed at how some creative people come up with [...]

November 30th, 2009 | Category: Game Based Learning, Instructional Design, Instructional Designers | 4 comments

Why Enhanced Reading Comprehension Skills Are a Must for Instructional Designers?

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In school I am sure all of us have go through reading comprehension exercises. I am not sure how many of us enjoyed it though All of us understand what Reading Comprehension means. The web definition of Reading Comprehension is the level [...]

November 24th, 2009 | Category: Course Map, Course Outline, Instructional Design, Instructional Designers | 5 comments

How Reverse Engineering Helps You Gain Instructional Design Skills Faster

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Have you seen a kid take a toy apart and fix the toy together again?  This might seem like a childish act of taking things apart just for fun. But then this childish act of taking things apart can also be a huge learning process. 
Here is someone who [...]

October 26th, 2009 | Category: Instructional Design, Instructional Designers, Learning | 2 comments

A “Hello World” Approach to Teaching Instructional Design

In India, there are very few training institutes or universities that offer certification courses in Instructional Design. When you look  at the courses that these training institutes offer, all these courses follow the classical approach to teaching  Instructional Design. In a classical approach, you start with the basic concepts, theories and then move on to [...]

October 3rd, 2009 | Category: Instructional Design, Instructional Designers, Instructional Designing Training, Learning | 15 comments

Free Session on Learner Centric Methodology Used in E-learning on September 19, 2009 at 11:30 AM IST

The Instructional Designers Community of India  is hosting yet another free  learning session on September 19, 2009.
This time the session is about Learner Centric Methodology used in E-learning. The session coverage would be:
1. What is LCM?
2. How does LCM help design effective learning?
3. What are the key principles of LCM?
4. How does LCM benefit stakeholders?
5. A case [...]

September 17th, 2009 | Category: ID Community of India, ID Meet Up, Informal Learning, Instructional Design, Instructional Designers, Learning, elearning | One comment
 
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