Hi friends from far and near, As you may have noticed, Creative Agni’s REDAC (Rapid eLearning Development with Adobe Captivate) certificate course rolled out on August 5th. Traditionally, I’ve always participated in the first rollouts of all the programs that…
Category: Sloth & Froth Cartoons
Small Cartoons on ID, learning, training etc. featuring Sloth and Froth.
Sloth rises beyond his level of incompetence…or so he thinks.
Sloth tries to reduce his dissonance through deliberate misinterpretation of his supervisor’s remark. Cognitive Dissonance: Cognitive dissonance is the discomfort that people feel when they experience something that doesn’t agree with their existing knowledge or beliefs. …
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?
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…
Sloth explains why he loves fuzzies.
A fuzzy isn’t irredeemably evil. It has its own redeeming features. Right, Sloth?
Training Success and Meeting the Objectives!
Training Evaluation is a mystery yet unresolved. What is it that defines training effectiveness? How practical is the Kirkpatrick Model of Training Evaluation? or… does it all boil down to this? Conclusion: A training is successful when all your objectives…
Froth Experiments with Learner Motivation.
Froth and her cat meet Sloth for lunch. So though Froth’s program managed the first three parameters of the ARCS Model of Learner Motivation, it failed to Satisfy the learners…or so thinks Britney, the cat.
The IDEAL – Topic: Active Learning
Active Learning Active learning refers to the methods that engage or involve learner in the learning – thus, moving from the plain old lecture-based sessions to more interactive and collaborative ones. (Charles C. Bonwell and James A. Eison, 1991). Thus…
The IDEAL – Topic: The Algo-Heuristic Method
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.…
Sloth & Froth Comics – Teamwork Training and Decision-making.
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.