From the Editor's Desk - June 2006

Welcome to the June 2006 issue of Wavelength.

It can’t get any hotter! It can’t get any better! Working 14 hours a day, smiling at the interesting content that peers out of our monitors, putting ourselves in our audience’s shoes, and visualizing the happy smiles on their faces; the entire Wavelength team has been working towards polishing the IDCWC Online course and making it ready for you. We don’t remember seeing May fly past us; we were mesmerized!

You too would have been equally busy. Our industry gives us no respite. We often hear about benches in IT industry, but in our industry...you are chosen for the next project before you complete the first. The only break you can “officially” expect is with Wavelength. If you are found guilty of perusing Wavelength in office hours, probably your only punishment will be increased limelight. If you don’t believe me, try it.

To beat the heat, the mystery of the month section brings you a short but relevant article – “The Magic of Online Learning.” This article tries to weed out certain misconceptions about online courses – chief among them being that online courses are not as effective as contact courses. The one fish and a pond theory, almost always holds true, but the individuality of each fish should be upheld. This article also analyzes the learning interaction “Bloom’s Taxonomy” in view of its instructional effectiveness.

In addition to this, Wavelength presents a preview of the IDCWC Online Learning Interactions in form of five samples, which are taken from different lectures and modules of the IDCWC Online course. We’ve been receiving applications for this course from both India and abroad, and we take this opportunity to thank all those who have placed their confidence in us, which we promise to uphold.

This issue of Wavelength also brings you the second episode of the serial “Managing the Ephemeral Time.” In this episode, some other facets of time management are explored. I think time management is something that despite all our good intentions, we happen to ignore. But then taking one step at a time helps. Whenever I come across a list of good dos and don’ts, I pick one of them and try my best to implement it. This helps…just the way we can digest our whole dinner if we eat slowly, but if we don’t…we throw up! All the best…time managers!

The biggest news at Wavelength is the launch of the IDCWC Online course, but Wavelength’s other courses are also steaming ahead at a high speed.

The 9th group of IDCWC course and the 6th group of ASDC course are slated to begin classes on June 18, 2006. The next group of EPCEC begins classes on June 17, 2006. The AS2OOP course shall start classes on June 18, 2006 (Sunday.) If you are interested in Wavelength’s unique courses, contact us. Registrations for all courses close 2 days prior to the beginning of classes.

I thank all our subscribers, our students (past and prospective), and all those who’ve written to us to share their feelings. With your constant care and encouragement, with each passing day, Wavelength hopes to become more yours. This month, Wavelength shall arrive in more than 1400 mailboxes with a simple message, “Let’s change the way India learns!”

Warm Regards,

Shafali R. Anand.
(Editor & Publisher - Wavelength)

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