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…
Tag: designing instructional material
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…
Creative Agni News Bulletin – ID Workshops, Trainings, and the Rest.
Dear Visitors and Readers, On January 29th, I organized a Free workshop called the Instructional Design Primer for Senior-professionals and Trainers (IDP-ST). This workshop was attended by trainers, training managers, and consultants from IBM, Mckinsey, Educomp, FCS, Wipro, and HSBC.…
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…
The Apparently Omnipotent Instructional Designer (The ID)
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 She? She’s an Instructional Designer. Hmmph! We’ve already discussed the…
The Mysterious Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Previous Posts in this series: The Anatomy of an eLearning Course The Creators of an eLearning Course An Enigma called the eLearning Project Manager What is the Role of a Subject Matter Expert in the Process of eLearning Development? In…
The IDEAL: Inert Knowledge or Inert Ideas
Inert Knowledge Inert Knowledge comprises Ideas and Concepts that are transferred to a learner in absence of a prior schema that the new information can connect with. Thus, the new knowledge remains isolated with little chance of being applied by…
The IDEAL: Fuzzies – Why is Goal Analysis Necessary?
Coffeebeans has been harassing me to present her opinion at the beginning of this post, so let us get her out of our way and then begin 🙂 In his book, “Goal Analysis” Dr. Robert F. Mager introduces the enigmatic…
The Creators of an eLearning Course
In my previous post “The Anatomy of eLearning“, we discussed the elements of an eLearning course. It isn’t difficult to arrive at a conclusion that one person can’t create all the elements. In the last two decades, I haven’t come…