Collaborating With Subject Matter Experts
Subject matter experts (SME) can either be Workplace SMEs or Academic SMEs. If the domain experts are Workplace SMEs, they …
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Instructional Design for Subject Matter Experts
The gradual transition towards a creative economy has led to a paradigm shift in the learning process. Learning systems need …
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Boxer, Sprinter, Grandmaster…? What Avatar are you in the workplace?
Gamification is the latest buzzword!! Or is it? Personally, I think it has always been around. I present my case …
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Gamification – What’s in a Name?
It’s sacrilege, it seems. My son, who is pursuing his post graduation in Mathematics, gets angry when he hears the …
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Performance Support Tools: A Framework
What is a Performance Support Tool, and how do we go about designing one? Is there a framework that can …
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7 Frequently Asked Questions About Gamification
Asymptote is an interesting concept in Algebra. It is a straight line that continually approaches a given curve but does …
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The Three Essentials of Microlearning
Microlearning. Learning Bytes. Learning Capsules……These terms have now become synonymous with ELearning. But are we getting it right? Do we …
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Workshop Announcement
Mobile Learning / Device-Agnostic Learning Design See you on Saturday, 22nd July 2017 in Bangalore. Hurry! Book your spot. …
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Gagne’s Events of Instruction
“Direct Instruction is used to describe learning material in which the teacher or expert transmits information directly to learners structuring …
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Instructional Design for K-12 Textbooks
Before designing any textbook, it is important to understand the principles for textbook design, and the National Curriculum Framework which …
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Case Study, Scenario, Story: What’s the Difference?
The term Case Study is often used loosely and interchangeably with the terms scenario and story-based learning. This often causes …
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Leaders are what they do; not what they say
Overview Just peruse a few Leadership Training programs and chances are that you will notice the following topics: Leadership Definition, …
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Are You School Ready? Blended Learning in K-12 (BLINK©)
ID Mentors recently concluded a two-part training program for the Senior Management of Bluebells International School, Kailash Colony, New Delhi. …
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Putting Design in Instructional Design
What is design in Instructional Design? Is it in the outline of a learning program? Is it in the …
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Ruth Clark’s Content Types for Designing Instruction
Purpose of Frameworks One of the frameworks that I really find useful for designing instruction is Ruth Clark’s Content Types. …
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Script writing for video tutorials
Is the approach to scripting a video tutorial similar to how you script for traditional E-Learning courses? If not, how …
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ILT to E-Learning Conversion: Getting it Right
Overview As organizations increasingly move towards rendering training in the online mode, there is an increasing need to convert existing …
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Instructional Design: (Mis)Understanding Frameworks
Frameworks – Instructional Design Tools? The strength of instructional designers lies in their ability to simplify stuff. As a breed, we …
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Video-based Learning Benefits
As per Cisco Systems, 84% of internet traffic will be video content by 2018. SOURCE: http://elearningindustry.com/5-tips-create-engaging-video-based-learning What does this …
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Blended Learning: The Third Dimension
The Trajectory of Blended Learning Blended Learning has held sway for over a decade now. Of course, Blended Learning always …
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GameSpeak: Decoding the Jargon
Gamification and Game-based Learning – the latest buzzwords in ID circles. Almost everyone wants to know about this, and …
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Feedback Design in E-Learning
“Feedbacks (sic) must be enhanced.” This was a comment that I received from a Reviewer on a storyboard that …
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Instructional Design as a Career
What is Instructional Design? Can you pull off something akin to what Tom Sawyer does in Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents …
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Evaluating Instructional Design Skills
“The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The truly dangerous thing is asking …
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