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WAVELENGTH -- The ID Newsletter of India -- April 2010
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Hello Friends,

Welcome to this edition of Wavelength.

I know I should begin by writing about the weather. It is
the polite thing to do. Unfortunately, I am not good at small
talk. I prefer to come straight to the point,
make my point, listen to yours, and say Goodbye. When I
begin this newsletter by speaking of weather it isn't small
talk. It's an appreciation of the best and a respect of the
worst that life has to offer.

I am not happy about the recent changes in the
environment. A Volcano in Iceland comes alive
after 200 years of dormancy and disrupts the lives of
millions. Of course you know what's happening behind the
scenes. The Roman Fire God Vulcan (yes, volcanoes are
named after him) sits forging weapons for Mars, the God
of War! I am not implying anything - but perhaps...perhaps
bigger changes are just around the corner. Today wars aren't
just fought in the battlefields, they are fought in
parliaments, in boardrooms, and sometimes, even in
training halls!

Dear prospective trainer, are you ready for your battle?
Where are your weapons and where's your armor?
Click http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/train_the_trainer_training_design_delivery_certificate_course.htm
to prepare yourself.

Training is a battle in which both sides either win together
or lose together. When the audience loses in a training program,
the trainer too loses; and the opposite is true as well.
So explore Wavelength's Train-the-Trainer Course -
(The Training Design & Delivery Certificate (TDDC) Course)
and transform yourself into a trainer whose trainings
win all the time.

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The Training Design & Delivery Certificate (TDDC) Course:
(The Train-the-Trainer Program from Wavelength)
Contact Course commencing on June 06, 2010.
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The audience for this 2-month contact program conducted
at Wavelength, Noida, comprises young individuals with
good language skills, who wish to transform into trainers
that inspire confidence and gain the respect of their
trainees. This program focuses on the design and delivery
of effective training programs. You can apply for this course,
if you have at least one year of work experience in any
field. Additionally, you should either be a graduate or
you should be pursuing graduation.

If you are interested in the course, please visit the
course web page at: http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/train_the_trainer_training_design_delivery_certificate_course.htm

This course is offered as a contact program at Wavelength,
Noida, and the classes are held on Sundays. If you are
interested, please contact us
at 9810324284/9810412297/0120-4572760.

Now about our other programs:

All our online courses begin their next sessions on
July 01, 2010. Here are the details.

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The IDCWC Online - Next Session begins: July 01, 2010
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The IDCWC (Instructional Design & Content Writing
Certificate) Online Course Details can be found at: http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/idcwc_online.htm.

This course is designed to address the learning needs
of the content development professional. So if you are
an instructional designer, content writer, or trainer;
and you want to master the nuances of instructional
design for content development, you should click the
link above.

NOTE:
If you stay in NCR (Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Faridabad,
or nearby areas,) you should consider enrolling for
the IDCWC Contact program for which the next session is
scheduled to begin on June 06, 2010.
(details at: http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/idcwc_details.htm)
This course is offered as a 2-month intensive contact
program with classes at Wavelength Noida. If interested,
please call us at: 9810324284/9810412297/0120-4572760.

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The IDSP Online- Next Session begins: July 01, 2010
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The IDSP (Instructional Design for Senior Professionals)
Online Course Details are available at: http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/idsp_online.htm
This 2-month online course is for professionals who
have more than four years of experience related to
learning. This course assumes that you are adept at
whatever you do - and now wish to dazzle your audience
through instructional design. The knowledge of
instructional design helps tremendously in client
interactions and team-management.

In the past, this course has been taken by
Senior Professionals ranging from Instructional
Analysts/Specialists to the Content/Training Heads of
different eLearning/Content Organizations. If you too
have a similar profile, you should apply for this course.

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The CWWC Online - Next Session begins: July 01, 2010
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The CWWC (Content Writing for the Web Certificate) Online
Course Details are available at: http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/content_writing_for_web_online.htm.

Who needs this course?
If you wish to grow professionally, you do.
I mean it.
This course isn't only for the web-professionals; it is
for people like you and me too. Irrespective of the
profession we follow, we can ignore the need of online
presentation only if we are willing to put our careers
into peril. Fortunately, many of us understand it. However,
the "how" of web-presentation eludes many. It is a
tightrope walk between pleasing the search-engines and
pleasing the audience!

Take the veil off your potential, dazzle those who
matter...online. Apply to the CWWC Online course.

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About Wavelength's Courses and Training Programs:
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The IDCWC contact course: June 06, 2010
The TDDC (TTT) contact course: June 06, 2010
The ASDC contact course: June 06, 2010
The FAADC contact course: June 05, 2010

Dear Readers, Visitors, and the Past, Present, and
Future Participants of Wavelength's courses and programs;
thank you for your trust and support. Wavelength today is
what you are, and it will be what you will be. We are
connected.

I wish you a productive summer!

Warm Regards,
Shafali

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Table of contents
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From the Editor's Desk
Mystery of the Month
The Cognitive Excursion
Shafali's Blog - THE ZEN OF LEARNING (http://thezenoflearning.wordpress.com)
ID Section
Technology Section
Cognitive Footprints
Views
Laugh-a-little
Innoken Games
Signing Off...

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Events Calendar
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::: Online Course on Web Content Writing :::
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The next session of CWWC Online (Content Writing for the Web Certificate
Online) course begins on July 01, 2010.

Please read the details of this course at:
http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/content_writing_for_web_online.htm

Please send queries at: cwwconline [at] vibrantwavelength [dot] com

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::: Online Courses in Instructional Design :::
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1. IDCWC Online Course
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The next session of IDCWC Online (Instructional Design &
Content Writing Certificate Online) course begins on
July 01, 2010. Read details at: http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/idcwc_online.htm
Please send us your queries at idcwconline [at] vibrantwavelength [dot] com

2. IDSP Online Course
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The next session of IDSP Online (Instructional Design for
Senior Professionals Certificate Online) course, begins on
July 01, 2010. Read details at: http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/idsp_online.htm
Please send us your inquiries at idsponline [at] vibrantwavelength [dot] com

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::: Contact Courses :::
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A. Instructional Design Course
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1. The Instructional Design and Content Writing Certificate (IDCWC Contact) Course
begins its next session on June 06, 2010.
Find the details at: http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/idcwc_details.htm

2. The Training Design and Delivery Certificate (TDDC) Course
(The Train-The-Trainer Program from Wavelength)
begins it first session on June 06, 2010.
Find the details at: http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/train_the_trainer_training_design_delivery_certificate_course.htm

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::: Technology Courses :::
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1. ASDC (ActionScript) Course
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Classes for the ActionScript Developer Certificate (ASDC)
course begin on June 06, 2010.
Registrations are open for this course group. Click
http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/actionscript_3_as3_certificate.htm

4. FAADC (FLEX) Course
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Classes for the Flex 3.0 and ActionScript 3.0 Application Developer Certificate
(FADC) course begin on June 05, 2010.
Registrations are open for this course group. Click
http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/flex_actionscript3_certificate.htm

3. AS3OOP (Object-Orientd Programming) Course
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Classes for the ActionScript 3.0 with Object-Oriented
Programming (AS3OOP) course begin on May 29, 2010.
Registrations are open for this course group. Click
http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/actionscript3_oop_details.htm

4. PLFC Course
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The Programming Logic Fundamentals Certificate (PLFC) course
begins its first session on May 29, 2010. Read the details at:
http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/plfc_certificate.htm

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From the Editor's Desk
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http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/editorial.htm

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Mystery of the Month
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Wavelength Article: 6 Steps to Effective Online Learning
- How Should Adult Online Learners Structure their Learning?
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In this fast-moving, ultra-competitive world, we often
find ourselves in the learner's shoes.

If you are planning to become a learner once again,
and you've favored the online medium, click http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/articles/adult-online-learner-6-tips-for-learning-better.htm
to read "6 Steps to Effective Online Learning - How
Should Adult Online Learners Structure their Learning?"

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The Cognitive Excursion
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Tired?
Refresh yourself.
Go for a cognitive excursion at:
http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/cog_ex/cognitive_excursion.htm

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THE ZEN OF LEARNING [The April Posts on my Blog.]
http://thezenoflearning.wordpress.com
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Prior Learning in Adults - A Double-edged Sword?
Posted: April 08, 2010
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<<<Quick Excerpt>>>
The Principle of Experience in Knowles' Andragogy suggests
"he/she accumulates a growing reservoir of experiences that
becomes a resource for learning". There's nothing wrong
with this principle. In fact, from the Cognitivist's angle,
this "reservoir of experiences" helps us design effective
learning content. But how the adult learner chooses to use
his or her prior learning, would in fact, determine whether
it would facilitate or impede the acquisition of new learning.

Here's what happened when Sloth and Froth attended a short
orientation program on Organizational Behavior...

Read the full post at http://thezenoflearning.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/how-should-adult-learners-learn-6-tips-for-learning-better/

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How Should Adult Learners Learn - 6 Tips for Learning Better!
Posted: April 23, 2010
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<<<Quick Excerpt>>>
...an adult might be in a training program for a variety of
reasons. These reasons could vary from "having a genuine
learning need" to "having been asked to go." Irrespective of
your reason, once you find yourself in a training, you have
committed to spend the most precious of all your resources,
your time, for the program. So, it's now in your interest
to get the best from it - even though at times, you might
find yourself in a program that has no
"immediate need/application"...

Read the full post at http://thezenoflearning.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/prior-learning-in-adults-%e2%80%93-a-double-edged-sword/

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ID Section
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ID Concepts
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Though I often wonder whether you can truly inspire
everyone in a training program to learn, this link seems
interesting. In the article at: http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/motivating-every-learner-2385
Educational Psychologist Alan McLean explains his
model to ensure that you've motivated every learner
in your classroom.

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Language & Culture
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An instructional designer is almost always grappling
with the x-factor in his audience. This x-factor is
deeply embedded in the audience's personality.
"CULTURE AND PERSONALITY" by KATHERINE McGHEE-SNOW LUCY
LAWRENCE at http://www.as.ua.edu/ant/Faculty/murphy/cult&per.htm
is an interesting guide that helps us understand
how personalities are shaped by culture.

Follow this up with "Personality Development" at http://anthro.palomar.edu/social/soc_3.htm

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Writing Style
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Find some simple guidelines to write better instructional
material at: http://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/writing.html

If you are keen on PowerPoint here's a link for you.
Visit http://uwp.duke.edu/wstudio/resources/ppt/StyleCCC.pdf
for a synopsis of some important Writing Style Guidelines.

Even a little guidance from the likes of Trimble can mean
a lot. Visit http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rhart/courses/materials/papers/trimble.html
to learn how you can make your writing flawless.

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Technology Section
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I was curious to see how Twitter could help in the learning
domain. If you follow my Blog, you've probably noticed that
I haven't been a good tweeter at all. My quest resulted in the
following two links, which I think could be of interest to you
as well.

1."Twitter as a learning tool for teachers"
by Bill Ferriter at: http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/6560

2."Nine great reasons why teachers should use witter"
by Laura Walker at: http://mrslwalker.com/index.php/2009/03/29/nine-great-reasons-why-teachers-should-use-twitter/

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Cognitive Footprints
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Do you know about the magical number 7?
Of course you do.

You know that the number 7+-2 gives us the capacity of our
working memory. The concept of Seven Plus Minus 2 was given
by George A. Miller in his paper "The Magical Number Seven,
Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing
Information", published in 1956. Miller, now nearing 90,
teaches at Princeton University's Department of Psychology.

Read his short biography at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Armitage_Miller
Read his magical paper that made him famous at: http://psychclassics.asu.edu/Miller/

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Our Readers and Course/Workshop Participants Views
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Read what the Course Participants feel about Wavelength's Courses:

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1. The Content Writing for the Web Certificate
Online Course (CWWC Online) Participants' Views:
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http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/trg_participants_views.htm#cwwconlineviews

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2. Instructional Design and Content Writing Certificate
Online Course (IDCWC Online) Participants' Views:
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http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/trg_participants_views.htm#idcwconlineviews

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3. Instructional Design for Senior Professionals Certificate
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http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/trg_participants_views.htm#idsponlineviews

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4. Wavelength Trainings/Workshops Participants' Views:
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http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/trg_participants_views.htm#trainingsworkshopsviews

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5. IDCWC (Contact) Course Participants' Views:
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http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/trg_participants_views.htm#idcwccontactviews

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6. ActionScript Developer Certificate Course
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http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/trg_participants_views.htm#asdcviews

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7. The ID Newsletter Readers' Views:
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http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/views.htm

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Laugh-a-Little
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Though the economic climate is improving at a reasonable
pace we aren't smiling...or are we?

If we aren't yet, you need to click at the links below.

1. Some jokes for teachers (and parents too.): http://www.jokesaboutteachers.net/teacher_jokes_one.html

2. Some more jokes... http://iteslj.org/c/jokes.html

3. And some more (handle these with care and respect, they
are jokes about Seniors.) http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Seniors.htm

What?

There aren't any more jokes - at least this month...but
next month, I'll be here again.

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Innoken Online Games
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http://www.innoken.com

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Signing Off...
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Wishing you a productive summer.

Shafali

Shafali R. Anand
Editor & Publisher, Wavelength the ID Newsletter
Director & Chief Instructional Architect
Wavelength eLearning Consulting and Training Pvt. Ltd.

eMail: shafali [at] vibrantwavelength [dot] com
Blog: The Zen of Learning (http://thezenoflearning.wordpress.com)
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