From the Editor's Desk - May 2008                                         Previous Editorials >>>

Welcome to this edition of Wavelength.

This year, May has been uncharacteristically mild. With about 160 cm of rainfall the sweet and sour yet my dear Delhi sat ensconced in the soft cool lap of the otherwise hot and angry May. While raindrops pattered on the hot brow of the workaholic Delhi, its citizens slowed down and looked around. I did. I looked around to review what I had slipped down on my list of priorities, and I was horrified to discover that the things that I valued most figured as the lowest priority items!

This jolted me into action, and I recreated my list. I restructured my day to break it into different periods, each meant to handle a definite priority area. I’ve been breathing easy for the last two weeks. Life has become more beautiful and manageable. May has done a lot for me. I salute it for showering me with new, inspiring thoughts.

One of these thoughts made me consider the overall learning scenario in India. A few days ago, TOI has a front-page new item, which stated that the board results have been close to 100% (this made me think of the pressure that those miniscule “not-passed” students would experience – in our days, enough would fail to ensure that failing was never a stigma.) The close to 100% results, the new item said, was accomplished through a focus on concepts.

Concepts. They are the foundational building blocks of learning. It’s a wonder that learning happens at all without a focus on concepts. In fact, we often use terms that we don’t understand conceptually; thus, we try to achieve mastery without setting the foundation first. This month’s Article of the Month “Education, Training, and Learning”, introduces and explains the three terms conceptually.

HIVE, CLICK, and PEARL
The Cognitive Excursion brings new issues of the three games to help you exercise and strengthen your gray cells.
Play them at: http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/cog_ex/cognitive_excursion.htm

IDCWC Online
The Instructional Design & Content Writing Certificate Online Course (IDCWC Online) will begin its 9th session on July 01, 2008. Registrations are currently on for this session. If you are interested in enrolling for the IDCWC Online course, please contact us at
idcwconline [at] vibrantwavelength [dot] com with your queries.

IDSP Online
The 4th session of the Instructional Design for Senior Professionals Certificate Online Course (IDSP Online) shall also begin on July 01, 2008. The registrations for July – August 2008 session of the IDSP Online are on. If you want to register for the course, please write to us at
idsponline [at] vibrantwavelength [dot] com

The IDCWC Contact Course (The 18th Course Group,) shall begin classes on June 01, 2008. Registrations for this course group are not closed. If you would like to register for the next course group, please write to us. The ActionScript 2.0 Developer Certificate (ASDC) (for which classes are conducted at Wavelength, Noida) shall begin classes on June 15, 2008. If you wish to enroll for any of our contact courses, please call us at 9810324284.

May was especially bounteous for the Wavelength newsletter, as it took our subscriptions up by about 5% in a single month! I would like to thank our subscribers, old and new, for accompanying us on this journey.

I wish you all a cool and fruitful June

Thanks and Warm Regards,
Shafali


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

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