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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | IDIOT MARCH 9, 2011  “I’m not an idiot!” – A Letter from an Agonized Adult Learner I’m an adult, literate, and a professional. manage my finances, my investments, wealth and health with equal ease. manage my family, team, career, and social needs effortlessly. see no reason why I cannot manage my learning and training sessions. But my training managers tend to think otherwise. Here’s what my training managers think of my ability to learn: I cannot spot Next and Back buttons. | IDIOT JANUARY 21, 2010  The Idiot’s Guide to Storyboarding! (Warning and Disclaimer: Those who have not watched the movie 3 Idiots may find it difficult to relate to the 3 I references. No attempts to lay claims on the box office proceeds from the movie. ;). enjoyed watching 3 Idiots so did 200 odd people sitting in the theater. The movie achieved its goal – entertain the audience, engage them, and connect with them. 1) Creating a Persona. Courtesy: [link]. | | | | | |
| IDIOT JANUARY 27, 2009 Are Web 2.0 tools designed to support learning? Whether it is Web 1.0 or Web 2.0 tools, we need to understand and evaluate the affordances of the tools and their abilities to support and deliver learning effectively. Today, I came across a case study that evaluates the pedagogical affordances of web 2.0 technologies. The case study makes some interesting points about the pedagogical affordances of web 2.0 technologies. To put it across in layman’s perspective, the case study analyses the abilities of web 2.0 tools to deliver training. 1) Very few of the current crop of Web 2.0 technologies started life designed as educational tools. Web 2.0 | IDIOT MARCH 28, 2010  How to facilitate synchronous learning for real and virtual learners using technology? The other day I had interesting discussions with Geetha Krishnan about possible ways of using technology to facilitate synchronous learning for remote learners. Let's explore a scenario. An institute wants to deliver a training program to a global audience not only for its on-campus learners but also for remote learners. What are the program objectives? What are the challenges? world. | IDIOT MAY 20, 2010  Celebrating learning and development professionals and their initiatives Having run a training and learning consulting company for the last 6 years and having worked with clients, vendors, and fellow learning professionals; I realize that the world is divided into two parts - those who provide training (vendors) and those who need training (clients). Big thank you to eLearningArt for the useful stock images!). The angst is equal on the other side as well. | IDIOT JUNE 13, 2010 Thinking of Setting Up an Advisory Panel? During my research about how to set up an advisory board, I came across some useful information. Hope this comes in handy for new entrepreneurs and startups looking for advisors who am sure have questions galore about how to go about this arduous task. remember attending a Webinar last year conducted by TiE Mumbai where Madan Padaki spoke about how he set up his advisory board. Summarizing some of the key points from Madan's session as well as from Mark Suster , Jordan Cooper , and others' blogs: Why look for advisors? The reasons why companies look for advisors may vary. 2) [link]. 3) [link]. | | | | | | | |
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IDIOT | SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2007 Five Easy Ways Instructional Designers Can Hone Their Skills
Asim’s article really got me thinking into what should instructional designers do to make themselves valuable in the industry. Especially in the face of such a paradox – so many eLearning professionals yet NOT one fit our bill! It was only yesterday I was ruing the fact that there seems to be a vacuum of good instructional designers in the industry. This thought is echoed by most good eLearning companies who practice meaningful eLearning and not the giant eLearning production houses. These professionals come with a disadvantage. Do not execute tasks blindly or dumbly (if that’s a word!). MORE >> -
IDIOT | THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2008 Partner or Perish
That's the survival mantra for most companies big and small today. Let's pool our strengths to prosper. Ten years back my boss used to say "why slog alone trying to re-invent the wheel when you can stand on the shoulder of a giant." And this wisdom works wonders today as well. More so for small companies that do not have deep pockets. Companies like us have niche services, great people, precious clients, and survive comfortably. But to expand our services, expand into newer geographies and expand our client base we need not run looking for VCs. After you are one! Talk, talk , and talk. MORE >> -
IDIOT | TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2009 Designing Training Delivered Using Web 2.0 Tools
This is the first in the series on learning, training, and designing instructions in the Web 2.0 environment. remember having a discussion with Vaishnavi about how instructional design for Web 2.0-based learning should be different from that of traditional learning (classroom training and eLearning). The fact remains that learning is about learners and not about tools or technology. Also, web 2.0 is not about a tool or technology, it is about the philosophy where technology empowers learners to do much more than just view and read off the web. In web 2.0 Informal learning is learner-driven. MORE >> -
IDIOT | THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2009  5 things IDs can think differently about!
I often come across instructional designers who are pretty much stuck with things that they had started out doing early in their careers. While over time, their exposure to tools, kinds of courses, and abilities to handle content and clients have increased, what I see unchanged is their approach to instructional design. Unfortunately, most organizations, training companies, trainers and instructional designers are still hesitant about adopting newer methodologies. Bloom, Gagne, and ADDIE continue to be the cornerstone of instructional design even today. Why do my learners need training? MORE >> -
IDIOT | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 Highlights of ELELTECH India 2009
The National Seminar on e-Learning & e-Learning Technologies concluded yesterday in Hyderabad in the JNTU campus. It was good to attend a conference on eLearning after very long. The ELELTECH India 2009 national conference was organized jointly by CDAC and JNTU. The high point of the conference was the speech by the chief guest (Prof Ananth, Director IIT Madras). He talked about the need for experiential learning as the key to effective learning. He shared his vision of education for all and how the NPTEL program was working towards this vision through the virtual IIT classes. MORE >>
- Sartup Saturday Hyderabad Nov 10 - Cloud Startups IDIOT | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2010
- Startup Saturday - Hyderabad July 10 IDIOT | SATURDAY, JULY 10, 2010
- LMS dialogs IDIOT | THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2010
- What are your success criteria? IDIOT | WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 2010
- Laziness, work, or social compulsions IDIOT | SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2004
- Workflow Learning - A Real-life Case Study IDIOT | SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2005
- Usability in Elearning IDIOT | TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2005
- Myths About E-Learning Outsourcing IDIOT | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2005
- Understand Training Needs First, Propose Solutions Later! IDIOT | SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2006
- Can Technology Companies Deliver eLearning? IDIOT | SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2006
- East Smiling, West Frowning! IDIOT | TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2008
- Subsidies are like steroids - they may look attractive in the short run but they cripple you in the long run! IDIOT | FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2008
- Journalists! Wake up! IDIOT | MONDAY, JULY 7, 2008
- Is Small Beautiful? IDIOT | THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2008
- Online Learning Games - Top 20 IDIOT | MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2008
- Designing Learning for N-Gen Learners IDIOT | MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2008
- ICICI's Internet Banking - All Pain No Gain IDIOT | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2008
- What sets apart a great performer from a good one? IDIOT | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008
- Wishing for a Google Writer! IDIOT | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2008
- Workshop 2.0: Training 2.0 in progress IDIOT | FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2009
- Workshop 2.0: Session on Virtual World! IDIOT | SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2009
- Workshop 2.0: Insights and Ideas for Future IDIOT | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2009
- Design Thinking! IDIOT | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2009
- Siftables - A shift in the way we do things? IDIOT | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2009
- Kern's Second Workshop on Web 2.0 in Mumbai IDIOT | FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2009
- Kern's Second Workshop on Web 2.0 in Mumbai - Post Lunch IDIOT | SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2009
- Do you simply test your eLearning product or do you evaluate it? IDIOT | SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2009
- Are you offering a Merc when he's looking for a Maruti? – Are you scaring your clients away? IDIOT | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2009
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