Designing Training Games – The Challenges and the Rewards (Train-the-Trainer Series) Every good trainer knows that a single good training game can salvage the most boring of training programs. However, what irks a trainer most is that it’s next…
Category: Instructional Design Concepts
Concepts (Theories and models) of Instructional Design
The IDEAL: Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences Howard Gardner reviewed the existing definition of intelligence and broadened it to explain intelligence as “a set of abilities” used to resolve problems within a given cultural context. Thus, he moved away from…
The IDEAL: Bloom’s Taxonomy for Cognitive Domain Learning
The Six Levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy Bloom’s Taxonomy classifies cognitive learning into six ascending levels. Level 1: Knowledge Level 2: Comprehension Level 3: Application Level 4: Analysis Level 5: Synthesis Level 6: Evaluation As the levels move up, the mental…
Froth Demonstrates Anger Management in a Training Program
Trainings that promise to help people give up their bad habits aren’t all that easy on the trainer, as Froth discovers during and Anger Management training program. What’s your take?
Aleatoric Creativity and Instructional Design
According to the Webster’s dictionary that sits on my desk, Aleatoric means, “characterized by chance of indeterminate elements.” Aleatoric Creativity: Aleatoric creativity thus, must mean something that’s the complete antithesis of the kind of creativity required for instructional design, which…
The Spell Called Motivation – Weaving Magic for your Learners.
In all my training programs and courses, I visualize and use the essence of motivation as the discomfort-toggle, which can be used for sustaining learner motivation. This toggle helps you create and then remove the discomfort of “not-knowing”, and it…
The IDEAL: The ARCS Model for Learner Motivation by John Keller
The ARCS Model for Learner Motivation Coffeebeans is clamoring for our attention. She’s got something to say about Perceptual Arousal, which is one of the techniques to gain the learner’s attention. We are listening, Ms. Coffeebeans! John Keller’s ARCS model…
The Creative Process – The Seven Stages of the Universal Traveler Model
The Universal Traveler Model of Problem Solving or Design My quest for creativity models turned up the Universal Traveler Model or the UT Model (The Universal Traveler: A Soft-Systems Guide to Creativity, Problem-Solving, and the Process of Reaching Goals…
The IDEAL: Intellectual Skills
Intellectual Skills Robert M. Gagné classified the outcomes of all learning processes into 5 types. Intellectual Skills Cognitive Strategy Verbal Information Attitude Motor Skills Intellectual Skills – Explanation and Illustration While all the five types mentioned above are important…
Sloth misses the Point – There should be Method in Application.
Bloom’s Taxonomy doesn’t work and the Adult Learning Principles need to be revised… – Sloth Bewildered Moral of this Debacle: Effective trainings and courses are the outcome of a judicious use of Instructional Design principles. The ID Principles…