ID Mentors

JUNE 28, 2019

We often create scenario-based questions because we consider them to be more “challenging” than the regular ones. However, just adding a scenario doesn’t make a question challenging. The scenario that you design has to be authentic and real. In fact, I will stick my neck out and say that it’s better to test for recall than design a scenario that is unreal, and makes the question a complete give-away.

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ID Mentors

MAY 6, 2019

Question-writing is an integral part of the instructional design process. Writing effective questions is both art and science. You may develop this art over a period of time through practice. However, a lack of understanding of the science can render your most sincere “artwork” ineffective. As instructional designers, we are familiar with the guidelines, such as “test what you teach”, “parallel options” and “give-aways” vis-à-vis question design.

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ID Mentors

MARCH 27, 2019

Cognitive load theory is credited to the work and research of John Sweller in the 1980s. In this article, I try and decode it to help Instructional Designers understand the concept and apply it when they design learning material. Since this is a tough concept with a number of inter-related elements, I have presented it as a series of FAQs. Hopefully, this will reduce Cognitive Load!

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ID Mentors

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Understanding Curation. With the speed at which new buzzwords are added to the L & D lexicon, I am reminded of the nursery rhyme, Mary had a little lamb…. with Mary being technology and marketing, and the little lamb being the L & D community – that’s us – you and me. So here we are the “little lambs” once again, following Mary around.

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ID Mentors

DECEMBER 11, 2018

What is Predictive Analytics. You are seated in your car, and on your way to a meeting. You feed in the destination, and Google Maps gives you directions. You are midway when Google Maps sounds an alert – there has been an accident ahead, and this could lead to traffic jams on the route. That piece of information is just-in-time for you to make a detour.

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ID Mentors

DECEMBER 10, 2018

The post Content Curation appeared first on Purnima Valiathan.

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ID Mentors

JUNE 26, 2018

Background. While researching on Games for teaching and learning, I stumbled upon an awesome framework, called the Octalysis Gamification Framework. I used it to understand Gamification in general, and specifically in the training context. Since the very basis of this framework is motivation, or as the author, Yu Kai Chou , prefers to call it, the Core Drives, it is universally applicable to human behavior.

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ID Mentors

MAY 19, 2018

Introduction. The effectiveness of Technology-Based Training is dependent on two roles- the Subject Matter Expert (SME) and the Instructional Designer. If you are involved in producing Technology-Based Training, you are probably familiar with these roles. Further, you may have even experienced situations of long wait periods (that consumed your project cycle time) wherein the Instructional Designer had to wait because a SME couldn’t be identified on time, or the SME was identified but had only l

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ID Mentors

JANUARY 18, 2018

‘Rat’tled! Before we knew it, we were seated and strapped. Within a split second, we started moving at breakneck speed through a dark alley, over a wall, on to a rooftop, and then came hurtling down and dashing into a tall building until we stopped abruptly under a table. Phew! As we paused we found ourselves inside a restaurant looking up at chefs who were busy chopping and cooking.

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ID Mentors

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Subject matter experts (SME) can either be Workplace SMEs or Academic SMEs. If the domain experts are Workplace SMEs, they will not understand pedagogy. If the domain experts are Academic SMEs, they will understand pedagogy, but may not be in touch with workplace requirements and problems. SMEs are well-versed with the content to be disseminated – the what of learning, but may not be as knowledgeable with the methodology – the how of learning.

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ID Mentors

DECEMBER 17, 2017

The gradual transition towards a creative economy has led to a paradigm shift in the learning process. Learning systems need to be transformed everywhere; and not just in formal institutions, such as schools and colleges. From deciding what to learn, where to learn, and how to learn and be evaluated, everything is being decided by the learner. Trainers and Subject Matter Experts who are engaged to design learning material are not formally trained as “Instructional Designers”.

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ID Mentors

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Gamification is the latest buzzword!! Or is it? Personally, I think it has always been around. I present my case with a sampling of evidence. You may be the referee, the umpire or whatever……. The Boxer: Starts the week with a Monday-morning huddle where he/she throws punches left, right and centre. I am told that a few punches at the start of the week helps to set the tone for the rest of the week, so no one dares to miss a deadline.

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ID Mentors

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

It’s sacrilege, it seems. My son, who is pursuing his post graduation in Mathematics, gets angry when he hears the word gamification!! It seems people use this term to imply “game theory”, which is a highly abstract mathematical concept. As per Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – “Game theory is the study of the ways in which interacting choices of economic agents produce outcomes with respect to the preferences (or utilities) of those agents, where the outcomes in question might have

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ID Mentors

OCTOBER 15, 2017

What is a Performance Support Tool, and how do we go about designing one? Is there a framework that can help in identifying and designing the right Performance Support Tool for a given situation? In this article, we will try to answer these questions. Designing Performance Support Tools? Why A Framework Is Vital. Some of you may wonder if there is a framework that can assist you not only in finding, but also developing the right Performance Support Tool to suit your own needs.

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ID Mentors

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Asymptote is an interesting concept in Algebra. It is a straight line that continually approaches a given curve but does not meet it at any finite distance. The learning field is something like that. We keep coming up with new concepts, principles, and frameworks in the hope of meeting that “effective learning curve”, but it keeps eluding us, and the game (pun unintended) goes on.

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ID Mentors

AUGUST 31, 2017

Microlearning. Learning Bytes. Learning Capsules……These terms have now become synonymous with ELearning. But are we getting it right? Do we really understand what it entails, and how to go about designing these? Are the instructional design rules the same for Microlearning as they are for big E-Learning courses? If they aren’t; how are they different, then?

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ID Mentors

AUGUST 19, 2016

Is the approach to scripting a video tutorial similar to how you script for traditional E-Learning courses? If not, how is it different? Let us see. Given below are two forms of writing for an online lesson on ID Reviews. How are the two different? “Imagine yourself as the author scripting away furiously. You spend a huge amount of time learning, understanding, researching and thinking.

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ID Mentors

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

One of the frameworks that I really find useful for designing instruction is Ruth Clark’s Content Types. In this article, I will explain why and how I find this useful. Typically, once the need analysis is complete, what Instructional Designers receive is the source material, or the raw content. To use an analogy, this is like clay in the potter’s hands.

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ID Mentors

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

What is design in Instructional Design? Is it in the in the outline of a learning program? Is it in the approach you adopt to render the program? Is it in the questions that you create to optimally challenge the learner? Yes, to all three!! All these parameters will have a bearing on the learner’s overall experience. Why then do some Instructional Designers focus mostly on language when they create or review a Content or Program Outline, a Storyboard or the Assessments?

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ID Mentors

MARCH 13, 2017

ID Mentors recently concluded a two-part training program for the Senior Management of Bluebells International School, Kailash Colony, New Delhi. The focus of the program was to facilitate school faculty to move beyond being mere consumers of technology to becoming producers of technology-enabled learning. And keeping with our maxim, Practicing what we Teach , the program was delivered in a blended format.

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ID Mentors

MARCH 23, 2017

Many organizations today are experiencing training fatigue. While their training calendars are full, they continue to adopt a linear, compartmentalized and push-driven approach to learning and performance planning. But, what we need in current times is an approach that is current, dynamic and constantly evolving – in other words, an organic approach.

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ID Mentors

MAY 14, 2017

Overview. Just peruse a few Leadership Training programs and chances are that you will notice the following topics: Leadership Definition, Leadership Styles, Goal Setting, Performance Planning, and skills such as, Delegation, Negotiation, Time Management, Budgeting, Coaching and Communication.

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ID Mentors

MAY 30, 2017

The term Case Study is often used loosely and interchangeably with the terms scenario and story-based learning. This often causes a lot of confusion. Some may argue “what’s in a name”, but others, especially those who diligently practice the craft of instructional design, will empathize with me. Many unnecessary debates, discussions and re-scripting happen due to the lack of a common understanding of these terms.

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ID Mentors

JUNE 4, 2017

Before designing any textbook, it is important to understand the principles for textbook design, and the National Curriculum Framework which serves as the foundation for textbooks used in schools. The audience for any textbook is the student and the teacher. A good textbook should, therefore help students learn as well as provide support to teachers.

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ID Mentors

JUNE 27, 2017

According to Gagne, a learning unit (lesson/topic/module) should include nine learning events. The nine events are based on the manner in which our brain processes information. It is especially useful when you start off as an instructional designer. It is also valuable in training organizations that operate in the factory mode and produce learning material in high volumes.

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