From the Editor's Desk - November 2009                                            Previous Editorials >>>

Welcome to the November edition of Wavelength.

How are you?
I hope that you’ve re-prioritized. I hope that you’ve reviewed your average day and dropped those activities that guzzled your time while stressing you out. Believe me, nothing justifies hypertension, diabetes, and backaches! If you can’t revamp your day to remove the factors that cause this, reflect upon changing your life – and begin reflecting now.

With the news channels and the movies pumping into us the daily anticipation of the apocalypse, and with the climate threatening us with unknown, unheard of natural disasters in the future; it’s our present and our short-term future that we need to build. And then to make our life worth more than our monthly salaries, we need to change this world for the better – as best as we can! As instructional designers, we can do our bit by making our content more relevant and interesting to the audience – so that we add a little bit of happiness into the lives that our content touches.

Through this long-winded relevance building, I bring you Wavelength’s Mystery of the Month article for November 2009. “Audience – The Dominant Factor in Learning Effectiveness” at http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/instructional_design_audience_impact.htm would interest the practicing instructional designers. My experience tells me that often the content developers “understand” the importance of using the audience profile in content creation; however, they find trouble in “applying” their knowledge to the content they create. In my opinion, the issue lies in understanding how the audience profile connects with the content. This article will help you enhance your immediate satisfaction by making your content more relevant to your audience.

We are currently receiving applications for the January 2010 sessions of Wavelength’s Online courses.

• The IDCWC Online (Instructional Design and Content Writing Certificate Online course.)
• The IDSP Online (Instructional Design for Senior Professionals Online Certificate Course.)
• The CWWC Online (Content Writing for Web Certificate Online Certificate Course.)
• The IDT Online (Instructional Design for Trainers Online Certificate Course.)
• The ELT Online(ELearning for Trainers Online Certificate Course.)

  (How are Wavelength Courses different? Read the Philosophy of Wavelength Courses here)
  

Here are the details of the workshops that Wavelength is organizing in the months of December, January, and February.

I. Instructional Design and eLearning Workshops:

1. Instructional Storytelling (1 Day) on December 06, 2009 (Saturday)
2. Elearning Primer for Managers (1 Day) on December 19, 2009 (Saturday)
3. ID Principles and Storyboarding for eLearning (3 Days), January 14 to 16, 2010 (Thursday – Saturday)
4. Instructional Design for Trainers (3 Days), January 28 to 30, 2010 (Thursday – Saturday)

II. Programming Workshops:

1. Programming Logic Fundamentals (3 Days), December 10 to 12, 2009 (Thursday – Saturday)
2. FLEX 3.0 Orientation Workshop (1 Day), 9 January, 2010 (Saturday) [FREE WORKSHOP}

III. Graphic Design for eLearning Workshop:

1. Graphic Design for eLearning (1 Day), February 06, 2010.
   
   

If you would like to attend any of these workshops, please send us your inquiry at connect [at] vibrantwavelength [dot] com.

The IDCWC Contact course is schedule to begin its next session on January 10, 2010. The ActionScript Developer Certificate Course (ASDC) and FAADC (the FLEX Course) are also scheduled to begin their next sessions on January 10, 2010 . If you are interested in enrolling for any of these courses, please call us at 9810324284/120-4572760 or write to us at
connect [at] vibrantwavelength [dot] com

All the best.

Thanks and Warm Regards,
Shafali

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

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