Recently someone from Bloomfire contacted me over LinkedIn and requested me to give answers to some of these questions. have been late to respond to them but I thought they were pertinent given the way things have changed in the training world. So let me answer them for myself anyway before I send them out to Bloomfire. From your perspective, what are some of the challenges in writing curricula that resonates with the learner? The only challenge I see is knowing the learner's job precisely and having a decent grasp of the subject-matter to nail down what you need to help him learn the subject. MORE >>

The elearninglearning site managed by Tony Karrer has come a long way in the last one year. It plays a significant role in bringing together some of the best elearning blogs on the Internet , thanks to Tony's efforts. My blog too came a long way after getting listed , as it was one of the most exciting and encouraging achievements for me. I'm really late to post this announcement, but the site now has a new look and some new options as well: A new feed that is just the "Best of" which are basically the hot lists and other similar supporting items. MORE >>

BackgroundI recently read this post by Tony Karrer discussing the development of what we traditionally call pure courseware versus the creation of Reference Hybrids Shift in eLearning from Pure Courseware towards Reference Hybrids. Though posted in 2006, this post seems very relevant even today and I feel like I have a lot to say about the probable solution to the discussion that this course. MORE >>

Here a quick list that I came up with:ID Theory and Concept: Understand and apply ID concepts, theories and models based on relevance.ADDIE Process: Understand and implement the ADDIE process.Business Requirement and Problem: Understand the business requirement that led to the demand for the training, and the business problem that the training is intended to be solved.Suggest appropriate. MORE >>

It has been a while since I was first figuring out how social media works and how it could benefit my job and organization. It was easy to see what I was able to do with social media, but hard to imagine how an organization as a whole would reap the benefits. When I first started blogging and thinking about social media influencing learning and improving performance on the job, it was slowly sinking in and I think today I have a lot more clarity. People with not open to try a new way of communication and wanted to hold on to traditional email for everything. It made things very complicated. MORE >>