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MAY 24, 2023

When it comes to gamification, story-based narratives are said to be the holy grail of intrinsic motivation. And with good reason. Human beings are emotional creatures, and well-told stories can hook you in, making you participate and engage with the material deeply. Let’s take a look at a couple of good examples that use stories as such: For a gamified learning experience on IT security, an artificial infosec breach is created within the organization’s firewall.

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Learnnovators

MAY 3, 2023

One tool that is commonly used in e-learning development is MS Word. While it may seem like a simple program, there are a ton of little-known tips and tricks that can make developing your next e-learning storyboard a breeze. If you’re someone who is serious about instructional design, this might seem trivial to you. “Learn the trade, the tools come later.” is a trope I’ve parodied several times in my life.

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Learnnovators

APRIL 26, 2023

Picture this scene in the 1980s. Make it black and white if you will. Somewhere in South Madras*. A hot summer evening. A house on a quiet street. Quiet except for the shrill sound of children laughing. And the tranquil voice of an old woman… as she regales nearly a dozen tots of all sizes with tales from the Ramayana and Mahabharata*. As our jaws fall open in wonderment at the pregnant pause in her story, she deftly picks up a handful of food and shovels it into each of our mouths.

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Learnnovators

APRIL 12, 2023

It was a wedding in the family. Yayyy!!! After two years of being cooped up inside the home due to Covid, we were finally getting to meet long lost loved ones, binge on festive food and exchange banter. And so it was that I met this distant cousin of mine, whom I hadn’t seen in over a decade. Let’s call him X. After the initial enquiries and catching up, and the inevitable talk about the weather, our conversation gradually shifted to work.

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Learnnovators

APRIL 5, 2023

The last time I published my top tools was in 2016, in response to Jane Hart’s compilation effort for the “Top 100 Tools for Learning”. Every year since then, I’ve missed the participation boat under some pretext or the other. 2022 was no exception. As you might be aware, Jane has already published the list for 2022. You can access it here. But if I had voted, here’s what I would have picked.

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Learnnovators

APRIL 2, 2023

CAMMY BEAN - CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS ABOUT CAMMY BEAN: Cammy Bean accidentally became an instructional designer in 1996 and has since collaborated with hundreds of organizations to design and deliver training programs. She’s worked at small startups, mid-sized training companies, boutique elearning shops, and as a freelance instructional designer.

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Learnnovators

MARCH 8, 2023

A while ago, Mark Britz asked an interesting and valuable question on LinkedIn. It read “What if training wasn’t an option?” So here goes my response. As many argued in response to Mark’s post, a course is in fact necessary in many cases to address the need of the organization. I agree. But that doesn’t mean that we should default to one whenever a ‘training need’ arises.

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Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

“Write with a specific person in mind” has always been good advice for authors. But this doesn’t apply to just writing. It extends to all creative work, whether you’re directing a movie, setting up a business, selling a product, or creating a course. Having said that, the thing that helps us come closest to creating with a specific person in mind is personas.

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Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

There’s a new kid on the block that everyone’s talking about… ChatGPT , the AI that needs no introduction! Well, ChatGPT is not new anymore, since it’s been around for a while, but the uptake is quite high with people asking whether it’s going to replace a human creative person, and I thought I should jump in with my two cents. So here you go… First, what is it?

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Learnnovators

JANUARY 18, 2023

Why, And the Big Picture. I have spoken before about the role solutioning can play in good training, as well as how an instructional designer can help in even content-based value creation. But all this is possible only when we consider the personal and political biases we work with, because those affect and shape our designs. We know, ‘sexism (or racism) bad, inclusivity good’.

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Learnnovators

JANUARY 11, 2023

I’ve noticed an uptick lately among L&D people in the usage of the term ‘digital natives’. And in general, if you happen to hang out on Twitter, Instagram or any other social media, you’re bound to hear different age groups lampooning each other using generation-based labels. This is so common, that for instance, saying “OK, Boomer” or “snowflake” is shorthand for a whole essay of criticism spanning social, political, economic, psychological fronts.

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Learnnovators

JANUARY 4, 2023

We all have a pedant inside of us. While we ourselves may not find the most suitable words to use on every occasion, we take pleasure in pointing out the nitty-gritty of mistakes made by someone else. At least, that’s very true of me. And as I’m writing this, I can almost hear the collective groan from my family as I pointed out the 23 mistakes in a written recipe that was shared in our WhatsApp group.

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Learnnovators

DECEMBER 29, 2022

If you’ve worked for any length of time in L&D, you must be familiar with the term WIIFM. You have probably brought it up in discovery sessions with the SME, or even argued about it in design review discussions with your team. But what exactly is it, and why is it important? WIIFM is basically an acronym that expands to What’s-In-It-For-Me, and seeks to answer one simple question from the learner’s perspective – Why should I care?

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Learnnovators

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Plenty has been written about how to ensure course success, and nary a word about failure. So, here it is for you, the ultimate guide to failure on your next project. I recommend that you try to implement at least a few of these tips, and if possible, you should do all. When someone comes to you asking for an e-learning course, jump right in and develop the course.

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Learnnovators

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

CONRAD GOTTFREDSON - CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS. ABOUT CONRAD GOTTFREDSON: Dr. Conrad Gottfredson is a founding partner, and the Chief Learning Strategist, at APPLY Synergies , a 5 Moments of Need company that specializes in helping learning professionals design, develop, maintain, and measure effective learning and performance support through the 5 Moments of Need® design methodology.

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Learnnovators

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Every once in a while, you see someone posting about Dale’s Cone , digital natives , attention spans , or even learning styles on LinkedIn. Next thing you see an entire village descending on the post, and a heated debate ensues. Here’s how the argument typically goes: The myth-perpetuator: You should see the way my kid takes to the tablet! The myth-buster: Hey look, that a particular generation is better with technology is a myth.

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Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

I read a small news item a while back and I just can’t stop thinking about it. A bunch of researchers at MIT found a new, much more efficient way to boil water. It’s giving me goosebumps, no kidding. Let me share that awe with you…. While in the corporate world we regard wanting change to be almost a virtue in itself, we also readily resort to a rhetorical question I quite dislike.

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Learnnovators

MAY 17, 2022

It is important for L&D to concern ourselves with creating a lively intellectual climate in our organizations. An active, intellectually engaged culture matters because it contributes directly to the bottom-line, to expertise generated within the organization, to value created for employees and stakeholders alike, as well as to creativity, innovation and research, to name just a few areas of benefit.

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Learnnovators

MAY 3, 2022

When speaking of a code of conduct, we always refer to business-critical tasks, such as behavior in operational dealings with vendors, customers, competitors and colleagues. At most, we stretch our context to include discretionary spending and CSR activities. But that’s where my argument takes root. It’s first of all a little ironic that ‘business-critical’ absolutely never includes learning…!

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Learnnovators

APRIL 26, 2022

I know it’s not just me, we’re all increasingly getting drawn into (or witnessing) heated intellectual clashes the last few years, online and offline. These clashes may be political, social, cultural – the subjects vary, but the vehemence and acrimony are constants. That’s why it seemed a good time to reset by reminding myself of something that changed the way I involved myself in debates.

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Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

DR. STELLA LEE - CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS. ABOUT DR. STELLA LEE: Dr. Stella Lee brings over 20 years of international experience in e-learning, blended, and distance learning strategy, design, development, project management, and implementation. Stella holds a PhD in Computer Science with a focus in adaptive e-learning design, and a post-graduate certificate in adult learning and teaching, both from the University of Hertfordshire in England; a Master Degree in New Media Communications

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Learnnovators

AUGUST 11, 2021

The Labor Market is changing fast. New jobs are being created at a record rate, remote work has now become standard fare, and the demand for service jobs is explosive. According to EMSI, there are 24% more jobs in the US than there were a year ago. What are all these jobs? They’re in healthcare, distribution, software development, design, and even retail and entertainment.

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Learnnovators

JULY 18, 2021

SANYA TALWAR WALKS THE POSH TALK WITH LEARNNOVATORS. ABOUT SANYA TALWAR: Sanya Talwar is an independent legal services professional with diverse experience. Her scope of work includes assisting organizations from diverse sectors on the law against sexual harassment & on adopting gender-sensitization. Her advisory, training and inquiry skills come with solid legal and psycho-social acumen & her eventful legal career that spans over 7 years.

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MAY 3, 2021

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APRIL 5, 2021

MARGIE MEACHAM - CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS. ABOUT MARGIE MEACHAM: Author and Learning Consultant Margie Meacham first became interested in helping people learn when she was a little girl struggling with first grade. While she didn’t discover it until much later, Margie is dyslexic and was finding it hard to keep up with her classmates. Eventually she figured out how her mind works and graduated high school as her class valedictorian and summa cum laude from her Bachelor and Master’s lev

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Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Dr. RAJINI SRIRAMAN WALKS THE POSH TALK WITH LEARNNOVATORS. ABOUT Dr. RAJINI SRIRAMAN: Dr. Rajini Sriraman is the Vice President – HR & Admin at Esskay Design & Structures Pvt. Ltd. She is a senior psychologist and a human resources leader with over 20 years of versatile organizational expertise. Dr. Rajini is a people-oriented, passionate facilitator and a competent communicator who has created robust development programs that led to sustainable people and organizational transformations

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Learnnovators

JANUARY 20, 2021

JULIE DIRKSEN - CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS. ABOUT JULIE DIRKSEN: Julie Dirksen is the author of the book Design For How People Learn and an independent consultant and instructional designer who has more than 20 years’ experience creating highly interactive e-Learning experiences for clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to innovative technology startups to major grant-funded research initiatives.

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Learnnovators

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Dr. RIMA GHOSE CHOWDHURY WALKS THE POSH TALK WITH LEARNNOVATORS. ABOUT Dr. RIMA GHOSE CHOWDHURY: As EVP and CHRO, Dr. Rima Ghose Chowdhury leads Datamatics HR functions globally, with operations in the US, India, Middle East, Europe, and the Philippines. A seasoned HR leader and practitioner with over two decades of experience in Corporate and Academia, Dr.

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Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

JANE HART - CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS. ABOUT JANE HART: Jane Hart is the Founder of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (C4LPT) – one of the world’s leading websites on learning trends, technologies and tools. Jane has been advising businesses for over 25 years, and currently focuses on helping organizations and learning professionals modernize their approaches to workplace learning – not just by updating their training practices but by enabling and supporting continu

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Learnnovators

AUGUST 18, 2020

ABOUT HEMA MANI: Hema Mani is Head of HR, Asia Pacific at Lennox International. She has over 25 years of experience in a Strategic Human Resources capacity, with wide-ranging multinational experiences from Kelly Consultants, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Jain Group of Institutions, i2 Technologies and Honeywell. She is a certified Korn Ferry Leadership Architect, Lean Sigma Green Belt Assessor and certified OD Facilitator.

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Learnnovators

JULY 7, 2014

THE QUOTE: “ Survival requires continual innovation, and at the core is learning faster than everyone else. ” – Clark Quinn (Learning Technology Strategist) THE JOURNEY: Innovation is driving today’s businesses and workplaces around the world. And, ‘learning at the speed of need’ is the most significant factor that helps power up innovation. We, at Learnnovators, believe this too, and have been continuously striving to achieve results by making innovation an integral part of our learning and dev

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JULY 23, 2014

ABOUT CATHY MOORE (International e-Learning Thought Leader, Blogger): Cathy Moore is an internationally recognized speaker and writer dedicated to saving the world from boring instruction. She’s a passionate advocate for improving business performance by respecting and deeply challenging people. Her advice and designs have been used by organizations that include Microsoft, Pfizer, the US Army, Barclays, and the US Department of the Interior.

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Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

THE QUOTE: “ We have been deeply concerned about the state of elearning. We’ve talked about it, lamented it, grumbled to each other, and wondered how things might change. Finally, we have decided to do something. The Serious eLearning Manifesto is the result.” – The Instigators (The Serious eLearning Manifesto) THE JOURNEY: Like many of you out there, we too are concerned at today’s state of e-learning which follows ‘ the same old way of doing things ’.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

THE QUOTE: “ Online learning is not the next big thing, it is now big thing.” – Donna J. Abernathy THE JOURNEY: Where is e-learning heading? As we know, the e-learning market is evolving dynamically, witnessing newer horizons day after day. And, in the wake of this evolution, it brings about an immense growth opportunity for the entire fraternity (including vendors and tool publishers).

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Learnnovators

OCTOBER 5, 2014

THE QUOTE: “ Design and develop performance support solutions with a focus on context, not content.” – Jeremy Smith “ You can’t teach people everything they need to know. The best you can do is position them where they can find what they need to know when they need to know it.” – Seymour Papert THE JOURNEY: In today’s business environments where: ‘Learning at the speed of need’ is the most crucial factor for success.

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Learnnovators

OCTOBER 17, 2014

THE QUOTE: “ MOOCs and other online instruction is still the old “broadcast model” where everyone gets the same content whether they need it or not. When systems start to provide the content I need differently from the content you need, we will have taken a giant step forward.” – Karl Kapp (in our interview with him) THE JOURNEY: We, at Learnnovators, have always been fascinated by the power MOOCs can offer.

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Learnnovators

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

THE QUOTE: “ The key to success is getting people to do the right thing at the right time.” – Michael W. Allen, CEO, Allen Interactions THE JOURNEY: Where is e-learning heading? If you had been following us, you would already know that it’s almost a year since we started publishing our Crystal Balling interview series with some of the great masters in the e-learning industry.

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