Source: Freepik When I was searching for popular techniques for productivity, stress management, I got to know that Japan has come up with a lot of them. Some of them sound interesting to me.  1) Kanban: Kanban means a billboard. This billboard is used to track the workflow. You can use the traditional Kanban board to track your daily tasks or projects. It basically uses three columns for tracking: To be done, Doing, and Done. You can simply categorise the tasks into one of the columns.  2) Kaizen:  Kai means change and Zen means wisdom. Every one of us wants to change som ..read more

Interviewer: Good afternoon!  You: Good afternoon! Interviewer: Thanks for attending the interview. To begin with, could you walk me through your resume. You: Currently, I am working with , which is a SaaS company. We help various organisations to train their employees in various skills. I work as an Instructional designer where my role involves performing requirement analysis, content analysis, creating storyboards, interacting with the clients,  ..read more

 Design Once you have an idea about the content, then you can suggest a solution to the training problem. The solution can be:  Video Game WBT (simple to complex) ILT (Instructor-Led Training) Blended learning (Mix of online and classroom learning) Branching scenario Classroom training Any other solution It is always a good idea to build a prototype before you actually start with building the actual product. In the prototype. In the prototype, you can show a sample of the final product so that the stakeholders get an idea about how it is going to look like. Sometimes, when the ..read more

In the Four-Door Instruction Design Model, you design your course using 4 elements:  Content (Library) Activities (Playground) Discussion (Cafe) Assessment (Evaluation Centre) You can label the doors as per the terms given in the bracket or you can change these labels as per your content.  Library: Source: pngtree.com In the Library section, you can add all content that you feel your learners must learn. This can be present in any format like: Videos PDFs PPTs Word Online course Job Aids The learner can visit all the content in any sequence.  Playground: Source: pngtre ..read more

Merril suggested five principles of designing instructions.  Learning is promoted: 1> When the learners are engaged in solving a real-world problem,  2> When the prior knowledge is activated as a foundation of new knowledge.  3> When new knowledge is demonstrated to the learners. 4> When new knowledge is applied by the learners.  5> When new knowledge is integrated at the job.  ..read more

When we face problems in our life, what do we usually do? We sit down, look at the problem from angles and try to find out the best solution. In short, we do the analysis. The same method we need to apply while providing solutions to the problems related to designing training.  The 'analysis' is the most important phase of any training design project. If the analysis is not done properly then you may many roadblocks during the project.  At the start of the project, we should perform the requirement analysis.  The requirement analysis will include: Why are we building this t ..read more

In Elearning, the ADDIE model is used to monitor the process of product development.  ADDIE stands for: A for Analysis D for Design D for Development I for Implementation E for Evaluation When we create any training material which has audio and graphics, it has to go through the above five stages.  Analysis: At the start of the project, requirement analysis is done.  The requirement analysis will include: Why are we building this training? How can we build this training? How much time do we have to build this training? What is the budget do we have to create this training ..read more

The web is a synonym for online. Broadly, any training material such as a PDF, video, or Game can be labeled as WBT if it is delivered online. However, in the learning industry, specific training is labeled as WBT.  Generally, a learning or marketing video has a duration of 1 minute to 10 minutes depending upon context and audience. A video is a passive element where it shares information with learners but they cannot interfere with what is delivered.  Source: www.pexels.com On the other hand, a game is controlled by the learner. The learner performs certain tasks to complete ..read more

Who are Instructional Designers or IDs? What do they do in this world?  So, as the name suggests, Instructional Designers design instructions. In other words, they give a proper structure to the raw content which is then used to train the learners.  Source: https://unsplash.com/  Learners can be from any field and may belong to any age group. Learners can be anyone from the below list and the list is not limited: School or college students,  Teachers, Recently joined employees,  Team leaders, managers,  Top leadership,  HR people,   ..read more