Why won’t she learn, wondered Coffeebeans. I must’ve gone wrong somewhere. She sat down to think some more. Froth, the woman who had adopted her, appeared to be nice. She cared for her. She fed her the best food, and…
An Instructional Analysis of the Short Story, “When Life Comes a Full Circle.”
Adult Learning Principles and Keller’s ARCS Model of Learner Motivation Before you begin, read the Short Story “When Life Comes a Full Circle”. Adult Learning Principles The three adult learning principles (Please refer Knowles’ Andragogy) that shine bright in the…
Corporate e-Learning – Mythology, Ideology, and Reality
The last two decades saw many organizations jump on the e-learning bandwagon expecting that it would help set them on a fast track towards their goal of training cost reduction. We all know that training departments have traditionally been seen…
The IDEAL – Topic: Constructivism
Constructivism, a theory by Jean Piaget, explains the process of learning as a highly personalized experience, in which a learner forms or constructs one’s own interpretations of any new event, which are based on prior experiences. According to Constructivism, you…
Comic/Cartoon – Sloth & Froth – Training Design
“Sloth & Froth” Comic Strip – May 2011 (Training Design)
When Life Comes a Full Circle – A Short Story.
When Life Comes a Full Circle (or Learning for an Immediate Need could Change your Life) – A Short Story. Vikramjeet Ahluwalia, who preferred to be called Vicky, suppressed another yawn and tried to focus on the presentation once…
The Creative Lounge – What is Creativity?
Book your Cabana and get yourself a drink. Then settle down in the Creative Lounge. Okay. We begin our Quest for Creativity, by defining Creativity. You could argue that we can’t begin by defining creativity in a standard non-creative…
E-Learning – An Introduction: The Changing form of e-Learning
Relax! I am not going to give you an overdose of what e-Learning is. I assume that you already have a general idea of what it is, and that you’ve been exposed to either the good, or the bad,…