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Welcome to the November issue of Wavelength.

Last week I fell in love with November. Let me tell you why. Recently I had begun to believe that many beautiful insects that we used to see in our childhoods have become extinct. I thought that the only butterflies that one could see now were the lemon yellow butterflies with plain wings; and that the only birds were the gray pigeons that were interested only production (of guano) and reproduction! November has proved me delightfully wrong! Many different butterflies, beetles, and birds still make our world beautiful. They are still here, telling us that life is beautiful…imploring us to put our worries behind us and smile; as the soft November sunlight caresses our foreheads.

As the November sun runs its fingers through your hair, coloring them with an exotic warm golden glow; fill your cup with a beverage of your choice, print a copy of your newsletter and find a place where the work-worries cannot find you. Tough? I bet it is. It isn’t easy to steal a moment from a schedule that is packed with deadlines! Or is it?

Well…I should not twist the concept out of shape. Instead I should come straight to the point. If we do what we do, knowing why we do it…we will not only be happier doing our jobs, we would also be saving a lot of time. For instance, if we knew our audience well, we would not only be happier creating content for them, we would also save a lot of time that we spend reworking…trying to make the content more palatable to the audience. Rework seldom achieves the results that a fresh, relevant piece of content does…after all, no amount of patchwork can correct a flawed design – and a flawed design is what we create when we don’t understand our audience. This month’s article “Yours Affectively” discusses how different types of audience information connect to form the audience’s reaction to any learning.

This November, Wavelength is holding its Autumn Training Workshops from November 20 to December 01, 2006. We thank the organizations that are participating in the workshops for instructional design and ActionScript, and we welcome the participants to Wavelength. We request the organizations that have contacted slightly late to bear with us…we shall shortly announce the Spring counterpart of these workshops, which will be held in Late February and Early March. If you are interested, please contact us early to book seats for your participants.

We are also happy to publish the views of the IDCWC Online session I participants, at the Wavelength site. Click http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/wavelengthians.htm#idcwconlineviews to read their views on the IDCWC Online course. Thanks so much for placing faith in Wavelength and accompanying us on our journey to quality instructional design. Through this course, we’ve forged a bond that shall always remain…wherever we go.

The next session of the IDCWC Online course is scheduled to begin on January 01, 2006. The last date for receiving completed application forms is November 30, 2006. If you intend to join the session, please send us your queries at idcwconline@vibrantwavelength.com and courier your completed forms to Wavelength, Noida.

The next course groups for the IDCWC and ASDC contact courses are scheduled to begin on November 26, 2006. If you wish to enroll for any of the above courses, call us at 9810324284/9810412297/0120-4315505.

I hope you will find some time to go through this issue of Wavelength, and some more time to enjoy the soft November sunshine with your loved ones.

Warm Regards,

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

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