Needs Assessment – Part 3
Needs assessment is role-wise assessment of skill gaps between the current state and the desired state, and identifying the learning …
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An organization wanted to train its entire sales team (junior, mid-level- and senior roles) on a new range of …
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Traveling abroad at a short notice was mundane for me as an instructional designer. Most of the time it …
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What’s cooking? Training ROI through the cooking glass
I think Indian cooking is a conspiracy. Hatched by whom, I don’t know. There are days when I wish I …
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BIOGRAPHY OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER – EPISODE 3
The group took a short coffee break and that’s when Aakriti had an idea. She didn’t know if it would …
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BIOGRAPHY OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER – Episode 2
How do you prep for a client meeting to conduct training needs analysis (TNA)? Listen to this short story and …
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BIOGRAPHY OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER – Episode 1
No sermons. No lengthy explanations. No lecture. Just a series of stories laden with facts where I will call upon …
Read MoreGamifying Learning
This trip to Germany, my third abroad, was to be a first in a different sort of way. It …
Read MoreInstructional Writing
“I mean, how can she? My reviewer tells me I need to improve my writing skills. I was …
Read MoreFeedback Styles in Online Courses
Here is a framework that you can use to design feedback for your online courses.
Read MoreVirtual Instructor-led Training (VILT): A Framework
Teaching and learning virtually in the synchronous mode places a higher cognitive load on the teacher and student as both …
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Designing job-aids
Did you know? Harry Beck, an engineering draftsman is credited with the design of the London Tube map as we see …
Read MoreVisualizing Instructional Content
A good learning visual is one that achieves the following: communicates the essence of the information presented through text; lightens text-heavy content and makes the information easy to comprehend; retains the key message even when viewed without the accompanying text
Read MoreEstimating Cost for Elearning Projects
Do you consider the nature of content when estimating elearning project costs?
Read MoreProtected: Creating Model Curriculum – Reference Material
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Financial Inclusion Certification Program – A Case Study
Project Specifics Customer: TrainingCentral Training Type: Certification in basic finance and banking concepts, and products and procedures Training Duration: 30 …
Read MoreScenario-based Questions
We often create scenario-based questions because we consider them to be more “challenging” than the regular ones. However, just adding …
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Demystifying Cognitive Load Theory
Cognitive load theory is credited to the work and research of John Sweller in the 1980s. In this article, I try and …
Read MoreLearning Content Curation
Understanding Curation We exist in a world where there is an overload of information. How do you cut through all …
Read MorePredictive Learning Analytics
What is Predictive Analytics You are seated in your car, and on your way to a …
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Octalysis Framework: A Trainer’s Take
Background While researching on Games for teaching and learning, I stumbled upon an awesome framework, called the Octalysis Gamification Framework. …
Read MoreInterfacing with Subject Matter Experts
Introduction The effectiveness of Technology-Based Training is dependent on two roles- the Subject Matter Expert (SME) and the Instructional Designer. …
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UX: Insights from Disneyland
We were seated and strapped and within a split second, we started moving at breakneck speed through a dark alley, …
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