Read the previous post “IDEAL: Understanding Cognitive Dissonance – Explanation and Illustration” here. Cognitive Dissonance in Classrooms and Other Learning Environments: According to Leon Festinger, who proposed the theory, Cognitive dissonance may arise due to two or more conflicting cognitions (thoughts.)…
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IDEAL: Understanding Cognitive Dissonance – Explanation and Illustration.
Cognitive Dissonance: (Explanation, Illustration, and its Impact on Learning.) Understanding Cognitive Dissonance: I had first encountered this term when I was a student of management. The context was customer behavior, and the concept being discussed was Post-purchase Dissonance. To…
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…
ID Fiction – A story from Mahabharat retold – Ashwathama Hatah – Nara va Kunjarah?
Yudhishthara stood on his chariot shooting arrows that found their targets almost effortlessly, yet his thoughts were elsewhere. It isn’t the right thing to do, he told himself once again. After all, not everyone who had decided to fight on…