Learn Cooking Through Games!

I love exploring all kinds of web on the game. Recently I have got addicted to playing cooking games. Surprised uh?
Yes, I am addicted to playing virtual cooking games.
I see an instructional value in these games. In fact such cooking games are used to train chefs too.
I recently read an article which talked about virtual [...]

Writers Gateway Turns 1 Tomorrow (Feb 21st 2008)

Happy Birthday Writers Gateway
Tomorrow, February 21st, 2008, I complete one year of blogging.
When I started this blog last year (2007) I had no clue how successful my blogging efforts would be. I was too passionate about Instructional Designing and wanted more and more people to know about this creative field. That’s the main reason [...]

What We Can Learn About Instructional Design from Post-It Notes - An Interesting Read

Tom Kuhlmann has again come up with an interesting post. This time it is on Cheat Sheets.
Some days back I had written a post on Cheat Sheets too.
I love creating Cheat Sheets. They are simple, easy to create and too useful.
I create Cheat Sheets in XML format.
Here is a sample template. Please note the words [...]

Do SMEs hijack E-learning Projects Sometimes?

I just read an interesting post by Cathy Moore and found it worth sharing it with the readers of my blog.
Cathy raises some really important questions with respect to the role of SMEs in an e-learning project and how they want the content they send to be put as it is in the e-learning course.
Content [...]

Here’s How to Avoid Needs Analysis Paralysis - Interesting Post

Tom Kuhlmann has a really good post in his blog where he has put together some good points about Needs Analysis in e-learning.
I totally agree with Tom when he says create courses where the content is real to the learners.
But how do we create such courses when you do not get a chance to [...]

Instructional Design - If, When and How Much? - My Response

Tony Karrer’s big question this month is Instructional Design - If, When and How Much? .
I got totally tempted to answer the question and therefore this post
To me, Instructional Designing is not just about understanding the instructional design theories and concepts or using rapid e-learning tools or exhibiting writing skills. It is much [...]