From the Editor's Desk - May 2006

Welcome to the May 2006 issue of Wavelength.

The temperature outside is soaring. It’s around 42 degrees centigrade! Summer has almost settled in, and for the coming two months, she plans to stay. While she is here, most of us would try to stay indoors and stay cool; as long as work doesn’t heat us up more than summer does! This issue of Wavelength brings you a reason to stay near your computers, and the reason has nothing to do with your environment. Yet it has a lot to do with you. This month, Wavelength launches the much-awaited online version of the Instructional Design & Content Writing course! - IDCWC Online (click to read details)

The first set of course-groups will begin classes on July 01, 2006. This three-month highly interactive course blended with an online discussion forum that I would facilitate; will follow the IDCWC content outline and enable those who are geographically distant from us to take the IDCWC course and fall in love with instructional design.

If you are interested in taking this course read the details of the course at:
http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/idcwc_online.htm

This month we climb another rung in instructional design through a simple Wavelength article on instructional design reviews. More often than not, instructional design reviews are a potpourri of language, standards, style, and, of course, instructional design review points. The article, “The True Identity of an Instructional Design Review” at http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/instructional_design_review.htm separates instructional design review from other review types, and helps set-up a simple process for it. If you are an instructional designer who has just stepped into the reviewer’s shoes, I recommend that you read this article.

We also begin another serial this month. This serial, “Managing the Ephemeral Time” begins with the article, “Time Managment” by Mr. Mukul Saxena, Chief Technology Officer at NIS-Sparta. The article helps us review our tasks in light of their importance and the possibility of their delegation to others.

In May, Wavelength brings to you a FREE Workshop.

On May 14, 2006, Wavelength and Innoken bring you the “Online Gaming with Flash” workshop. If you’ve wondered how gaming is different from other types of interactions, how far you can go with interactivity when you create online games, and finally, what all you need to know in order to create online games; ensure that you attend this workshop.

On May 21, 2006, the next ActionScript Developer Certificate (ASDC) course group as well as the next Instructional Design & Content Development Certificate (IDCWC) course group shall begin classes. The next EPCEC course begins classes on May 20, 2006.

I shall look forward to your queries, suggestions, and views.

Warm Regards,

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

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