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When someone asks you to put on your thinking cap, and you ask, “which one?” you are no stranger to the Six Thinking Hats technique given by Edward De Bono to initiate and sustain creative thinking in groups. So what is this technique with this fancy name? Here’s a quick primer in simple, easy to understand language. There’s this...
Look at the following string of numbers and letters. 82TT9JXDUQNE Does it remind you of something? Yes? What does it remind you of? If you were born in 1982, it’s possible that the first thing that comes to your mind upon viewing this string, is your birthday. However, if that isn’t the case and if you’ve ever installed a...
The Algo-Heuristic Theory or the Algorithmic – Heuristic Theory defines three types of instructional rules. Descriptive rules – describe what the process is. Prescriptive rules – describe what should be done. Permissive rules - provide alternatives to the prescriptive rules. It helps to analyze a term into its constituent words, so let us look at the two words that...
Shakuntala absently rotated the ring that Dushyant had given to her with his undying promise of love. She couldn’t think of a reason why Dushyant won’t keep his promise, unless of course, he didn’t really care for her. She tried to recall every little thing that he had said while he was with her, and every little gesture that...
In the previous post “e-learning for Corporate Skill-building – The Possibilities”, we discussed the advantages of using e-learning in organizations. However, the corporate implementation of e-learning presents the management with certain challenges. Let us look at some of these challenges and reflect upon how they might be addressed. The 5 Challenges that Organizations face in implementing eLearning The Challenges...
My previous post in the Creative Lounge section, outlined a generic process used for brainstorming. I also pointed out the disadvantages of this method, and talked about “individual brainstorming” as a corrective measure that could root out certain issues. However, individual brainstorming loses out on the “chain-reaction” that group brainstorming thrives upon. Brainwriting is a technique that has the...
Sloth is found on the bank of a river – bound and unconscious… Morale of the Story: Every once in a while, you’ll bump into an audience that is smarter than you are. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Share on Linkedin Share via MySpace share via Reddit...
What is Brainstorming? It is one of the techniques that organizations use to generate fresh or “creative” ideas. A brainstorming session generally consists of the following activities on part of the organizers: Manage to get people together in a room, if possible, of their free will. Prepare problem statement and the required props. Record the minutes of the meeting...
We all know that in the long run e-learning is less expensive. It is less expensive because of the following reasons: Multiple Roll-Outs No Distribution Costs Reduced Trainer Time Reduced Trainee Time Standardization of Quality I accept it, you accept it, and we all accept it; so let us set it aside, and look at what else e-learning can...
Criterion-referenced instruction is built around the premise that a learner should be able to fulfill the criterion of meeting the learning objective. So it focuses upon designing a training program or a course in a way that it enables all the learners to achieve a specific level of skill or meet the pre-defined learning objectives. The concept of criterion-referenced...
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