Cognitive Dissonance: (Explanation, Illustration, and its Impact on Learning.) Understanding Cognitive Dissonance: I had first encountered this term when I was a student of management. The context was customer behavior, and the concept being discussed was Post-purchase Dissonance. To…
Category: Instructional Design Concepts
Concepts (Theories and models) of Instructional Design
The IDEAL: Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience – What they are and How they Impact Trainings?
Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience (Explanation and Comparison with General and Training-Specific Illustrations.) If you are a trainer, you’ve seen them all – right there in your classroom. Accepting the existence of these behaviors, and understanding them could help you…
New Sessions for the ID and eLearning Courses Announced.
Dear Readers, I’ve announced the dates for the next sessions of the ID and eLearning courses that I conduct. Here’s a snapshot. IDST (Instructional Design for Senior Professionals & Trainers) Course: This 2-Month course is for you, if you have…
The IDEAL: Writing Glamorous Objectives vs. Writing Effective Objectives!
This is something that will continue to trouble me until my last day on dear Mother Earth’s bossom. Why do we glam them up? Why is it that we try to tediously work our fantastic vocabulary into writing statements that…
An Important Announcement coming up…Stay Tuned.
Dear Visitors, I will be making a very important announcement shortly. The Creative Agni eZine notification will carry the announcement, so if you want the news to arrive in your inbox, please click the Subscribe link in the sidebar. These…
Learning the Art of Content Creation from the Master Creator
According to the Genesis I, God first created the heaven and the earth. The earth was created formless and there was darkness all around, so God said, “Let there be light,” and then there was light. Then God named the…
Dreams and Nightmares – A Short Story about Success, Pride, and Fear
Dreams and Nightmares – A Short Story about Success, Pride, and Fear The sound of the footsteps echoed in the silence of the night. As Lisa hurriedly made her way across the society compound to reach her block of…
Why Courses and Trainings Fail?
It isn’t uncommon for instructional designers and content developers to exist in a perpetually anxious state of mind. This happens because at any given point in time, one of their courses or training programs is either being reviewed by the…
The IDEAL: Cognitive Strategy
Cognitive Strategy Robert Gagne classified the outcomes of all learning processes into 5 types. Intellectual Skills Cognitive Strategy Verbal Information Attitude Motor Skill We’ve already discussed Intellectual Skills. Gagne included Cognitive Strategy into his list of the five types…
Context-specific Creativity
What is Context-specific Creativity? We are all creative, however, our creativity is contextual. It exists within a specific context and disappears outside it. Thus, The Definition of Context-specific Creativity Context-specific Creativity is the ability to arrive at a solution to…