My Dear Visitors and Readers, Before I provide the details of this course, I must tell you about what inspired it’s creation. The IDST (Instructional Design for Senior Professionals and Trainers) course gave me an opportunity to spend the past…
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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…
The IDEAL: Verbal Information
Verbal Information / Verbal Skills 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 and Cognitive Strategy, and understood what sort 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 Silent Magician of eLearning – The Graphic Designer
Previous Posts in this series: The Anatomy of an eLearning Course The Creators of an eLearning Course An Enigma called the eLearning Project Manager The Mysterious Subject Matter Expert The Apparently Omnipotent Instructional Designer Instructional Design Reviewer – The Unsung…
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…
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. …