T-Bite: Interesting Videos on Augmented Reality

In 1990, Boeing researcher Tom Caudell first coined the term “augmented reality” to describe a digital display used by aircraft electricians that blended virtual graphics onto a physical reality. As for the computer science world’s definition of augmented reality (AR) though, it’s more detailed, but [...]

A Tribute to All Web Resources that Make Life Easy!

Consider this:
You are trying to understand a technical concept/ a complex concept/ a complex technology. You are at your wits end and you think there is no way you will understand it and then you find an article, a blog post,  a video or a podcast that make things simple for you. How do you [...]

How Reverse Engineering Helps You Gain Instructional Design Skills Faster

by ruparajgo | Create your own Cartoon at www.toondoo.com
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 [...]

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 [...]

How to Achieve Smooth Visual Effects in Videos Created Using Camtasia?

My post on how to increase call out lengths in Camtasia helped Tina Williams solve her problem. This feedback on my post prompted me to write this post with yet another useful tip
When I was working on my tutorial videos using Camtasia, I noticed that after I produced the video in a shareable [...]

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 [...]

Top 4 Things That You Can Do to Get Started with Instructional Design

If you are an aspiring instructional designer, start thinking about instructional designing right now. Times are changing. Just like how a 2 year old kid is expected to know alphabets, some words and quite a few rhymes before he or she joins school, an aspiring instructional designer must have some basic idea about instructional designing [...]

Have You Thought of Character Driven Stories for Your E-learning?

I am sure you have seen or heard of Avatars in e-learning courses.  Avataars are characters used in e-learning as a substitute for a coach or an instructor. Avataars are usually used in e-learning to engage and guide the learners. Avataars could be static images of characters or animated characters. You also have virtual avataars these days [...]

Reflections on Abhinava’s LH Theory

The Instructional Designers Meetup organized by Instructional Desginers Community of India (IDCI) happened on August 22, 2009. Abhinava presented his own theory called the LH theory in public for the first time. IDCI is very happy and proud to have hosted such a thought provoking session.
If you are wondering what is LH theory, please refer to the slides of [...]

5th Instructional Designers Meetup on August 22, 2009

The Instructional Designers Community of India is organizing the 5th meetup on August 22, 2009.
The venue is Adobe office, Salarpuria Infinity, 3rd Floor, #5, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore-560029
The time duration of the meetup will be 11 am to 1 pm.
There is going to be an interesting session on Learning Philosophy- How to make learning solutions that [...]