Hate to Learn?

By Archana | Feb03, 2010 | Pick Your Brain No Comments »

Do you invest time to learn? I have tried to identify the learner personae who hate to learn. I have also tried to find answers as to why they hate to learn. Do you see yourself in one of these personae? Go on watch the presentation and share your thoughts. Read more…

Scenario-based Learning

By Archana | Oct01, 2009 | Sprints 1 Comment »

The main aim of this presentation is to help you understand what scenario based learning is, what its characteristics are, and how effective it is. Here, we share several examples and explain how scenario based learning is designed. Read more…

The How and Why of Contextual Inquiry: Presentation

By rashmi | Sep24, 2009 | Tidbits No Comments »

This presentation highlights Kern’s contextual inquiry (CI) process using a case study. It explains the concept of contextual inquiry, the phases of CI and the guidelines for CI on the field. To know more, view the following presentation. Read more…

Four Ways to Encourage Social Learning Without Web 2.0 Tools

By Archana | Aug11, 2009 | Pick Your Brain 1 Comment »

Many companies are reluctant to invest in social learning using the Web 2.0 tools. You can try and convince your clients about its power and usefulness. But this may not be the only thing stopping IDs from using Web 2.0 tools. In India, Internet and Web 2.0 tools are accessible to very small percentage of learners. Read more…

Assessments in eLearning

By Nishana | Jul13, 2009 | Tidbits 1 Comment »
Time to get back to basics! Assessments is a tricky area for most IDs. Most IDs stumble when it comes to creating questions that are effective, practical yet challenging. We had a detailed post of designing effective assessment questions. For those who want a quick read about assessments and get some ideas about the role of visuals in assessments, here’s some tips, tricks and gyan! Read more…

The How and Why of Contextual Inquiry

By vaishnavi | Jun24, 2009 | Main Articles 3 Comments »

A reputed agro based company recently approached us to conduct an assessment centre for their sales force. An assessment centre is a tool to systematic and objective identification of behaviours in individuals, to support actions such as selection, placement, promotion, career management and training. In an assessment centre, individuals are put through various activities, which help assessors test a set of specific competencies in individuals. These competencies could be to do with the attitude of employees, their skills set, or their domain knowledge. Usually, the set of competencies will encompass all three aspects. Read more…

Testing E Learning Products

By Nishana | Jun19, 2009 | Sprints No Comments »

Three Ways to Test Effectiveness Without Learners

By Archana | Jun16, 2009 | Main Articles No Comments »

Have you worked on projects where you have limited access to learners? Do you roll out the course anyway? Let us first list the reasons why learner testing cannot be conducted for all projects.

  • Learners may be situated halfway across the world and therefore, they are accessible only over phones/Skype/emails.
  • Clients may not wish to give you direct access to their learners as they are not comfortable about this. Read more…

Informal Learning - 7 Reasons Why Organizations Must Promote it

By Archana | May27, 2009 | Main Articles 1 Comment »

Informal learning is also known also social learning and collaborative learning (Read about it: What is Social Learning? by Rupa. As defined by Jay Cross, “Informal learning is unofficial, unscheduled, impromptu, way people learn to do their job.” How often have you heard people talk business during social gatherings? Students discuss what was taught in class outside. People share their thoughts on interesting reads during coffee breaks. Read more…

LMS and SCORM Explained

By Nishana | May27, 2009 | Main Articles 4 Comments »

We often face many issues with LMS and SCORM packaging as we program for different types of LMS. This article will help e-learning course providers understand SCORM and LMS in detail and why the SCORM issues pop up.

What is an LMS
LMS is a suite of functionality designed to deliver, track report on, and manage learning content and learner progress and interactions. Most LMS are web-based to facilitate “anytime, anywhere” access to learning content and administration. Read more…

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