Please note: Previously (from 2012 to 2020), The FOUNT was published as an HTML newsletter. This page is a collection of The FOUNT Magazines, which we started publishing in the form of a printable PDF starting September 2021.
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Explore seven carefully curated issues of The Fount—each one a blend of insight, creativity, and instructional design wisdom. Download and read at your leisure.
Shafali R. Anand explores Gestalt Principles in learning. Aswin Kini (EY) discusses microlearning. Jyotsna Shrivastava shares her journey. Includes Actor–Observer Bias, AI vs. human art, curated reads, and upcoming workshops.
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Suchandra Ganguly explores storytelling in Blending Stories in Corporate Learning. Shafali R. Anand teaches Dee Fink's Taxonomy using WWII. Features Halo Effect, Jean Piaget, ARCS model, 7 Deadly Sins of eLearning, Double-Take, and course updates.
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Mukul Saxena opens with Ethics in Education & Training. Gaurav Monga casts Accio Attention. Manish Chandra shares his journey. Shafali R. Anand explains Assessment Rubrics via Shakespeare. Covers attentional bias, divided attention, the metaverse, and more.
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Shafali R. Anand connects Aristotle's Ethos–Pathos–Logos to ID in Aristotle, Persuasion & Instructional Design. Ranit Massey asks How Do We Learn?. Includes The Super Mario Effect, Fatima Rahiman's journey in The Podium, quotes, curated reads, and course updates.
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Shafali R. Anand continues her exploration with Pushing the Frontiers – Part II (AI, ML, sentience). Oscar Lawrence pens Instructional Designers in the Post-Pandemic World. Setty Jagadeesh Chandra shares his ID journey. Includes the Socratic Method, Dunning-Kruger Effect, curated reads, and more.
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Shafali R. Anand explores empathy in Befriending Empathy and launches Pushing the Frontiers – Part I on AR, VR, and MR. Siddharth Gurnani shares his ID story in The Podium. Includes Are You Biased?, Double-Take, quiz, and the Instructional Designer’s Anthem.
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This issue marks a bold transformation of The FOUNT into a reader-friendly instructional design magazine for the evolved learning professional. Featuring Shafali R. Anand’s article, Managing Change Through Learning, and Bhanu Malhotra’s ID journey. Includes the quirky Double-Take, curated reads, an ID Quiz, and upcoming workshops.
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