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WAVELENGTH -- The ID Newsletter of India -- February 2009
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:::::::::::: NEW Online Course from Wavelength ::::::::::::

CONTENT WRITING FOR WEB CERTIFICATE ONLINE COURSE (CWWC Online)
http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/content_writing_for_web_online.htm

:::::::::::: NEW Online Course from Wavelength ::::::::::::

Hello Friends,

Welcome to this edition of Wavelength.

February is the time of the year when I am at my happiest.
Well, usually, I am. This year, however, I fail to find
the happy crystals of the morning dew that used to glisten
on the fresh new leaves of February every year. Things are
changing. If we don't check the change, the change will
run its course...downhill.

We however have the power to control our destiny. We have
the power to change the course of future and what it spells
for each one of us. We have the intelligence and smartness
to steer our future - today to contain the impact of the
environmental factors, and tomorrow to rise above it and
flourish. We can bring back the dew to the leaves and
confident smiles to our mornings - if we decide right, and
if we strengthen ourselves with competencies that were
rare and in demand.

This month's Mystery of the Month article,
"Writing for the Web - A Quick Reboot!" at http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/web_content_writing.htm
introduces a skill that can help you strengthen your future.

Wavelength was founded with a practical yet lofty
vision - the vision of trading value for value, the vision
of empowering the individual who believed in the fact that
worth begets worth, and who wanted to perform his or her
best to earn what he or she so rightly deserved...the best!
To this end, we at Wavelength have persevered to bring you
courses and trainings that we've created to enable you to
fulfill your dreams. Anybody can do a job, but to feel the
joy of performing at a job comes only from the power of
knowledge.

It's that power that we once again bring to you through
the Content Writing for the Web Certificate Online
(the CWWC Online) course. If you can write well, burnish
your skill with this course to become a true web
professional, who knows what he or she does, and so does
it the best!

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The Content Writing for the Web Certificate Online Course
(CWWC Online) (Starts June 01, 2009)
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This one-month online course is packed with knowledge that
can transform you into a effective and efficient web author
who knows the principles that lead to great web content;
who understands the anatomy and the processes of the world
wide web; and who is able to deliver web content that meets
its objectives. This course is for those who wish to write
for the web either in freelance/part-time capacity or who
wish to create a personal web-space, which their visitors
cherish.

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

If the course interests you or someone in your family, please
send your inquiries at: cwwconline[at]vibrantwavelength[dot]com

Wavelength's other online courses (the IDCWC Online,
the IDSP Online, the IDT Online, and the ELT Online) shall
be beginning their next sessions on April 01, 2009.
Registrations are currently on. Please check the calendar
section of this newsletter for the details.

The next course groups for the contact courses (The IDCWC,
the AIDC, and the ASDC) shall start on April 12, 2009.
The next course group for the FLEX course begins on
March 08. Please call us at 9810324284/(0120)4315505, if
you are interested in enrolling for any of our contact
courses. The contact courses are offered only at
Wavelength, Noida.

All the best. In this new year may you follow the path
that takes you closer to your goal. I wish you and your
family, success and togetherness.

Thanks and 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 - *** NEW EPISODES!!! ***
** HIVE - New Episode!
** CLICK - New Episode!
** PEARL - New Episode!

ID Section
Technology Section
Site of the Month
Views
Laugh-a-little
Innoken Games
Signing Off...

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Events Calendar
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::: Online Courses in Instructional Design :::
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1. IDCWC Online
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.The 12th session of IDCWC Online (Instructional Design &
Content Writing Certificate Online) course begins on
April 01, 2009. Read details at: http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/idcwc_online.htm
Please send us your queries at idcwconline[at]vibrantwavelength[dot]com

2. IDSP Online
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The 7th session of IDSP Online (Instructional Design
for Senior Professionals Certificate Online) course, begins
on April 01, 2009. 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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::: Online Courses for Trainers :::
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1. IDT Online
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The 2nd session of The IDT Online (Instructional Design for Trainers
Certificate Online) course begins on
April 01, 2009. Read details at: http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/idt_online.htm
Please send us your queries at idtonline[at]vibrantwavelength[dot]com

2. ELT Online
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The 2nd session of The ELT Online (Elearning for Trainers
Certificate Online) course begins on April 01, 2009.
Read details at: http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/elt_online.htm
Please send us your queries at eltonline[at]vibrantwavelength[dot]com

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::: Contact Courses :::
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1. IDCWC Contact course
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Classes for the Instructional Design & Content Writing
Certificate (IDCWC Contact) course begin on April 12, 2009.
Registrations are on for this group. Read details at
http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/idcwc_details.htm

2. AIDC Course
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The Advanced Instructional Design Certificate (AIDC) course
begins its first session on April 12, 2009. Read the details at:
http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/aidc_details.htm

3. ASDC (ActionScript) Course
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Classes for the next ActionScript 2.0 Developer
Certificate (ASDC) course group begin on April 12, 2009.
Registrations are on for this group. Read details at
http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/actionscript_certificate.htm

4. FADC (FLEX) Course
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Classes for the Flex 3.0 Application Developer Certificate
(FADC) course begin on March 08, 2009.
Registrations are open for this course group. Click
http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/flex_certificate.htm

5. PLFC Course
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The Programming Logic Fundamentals Certificate (PLFC) course
begins its first session on April 11, 2009. Read the details at:
http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/plfc_certificate.htm

6. AS2OOP (Object-Oriented Programming) Course
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Classes for the ActionScript 2.0 with Object-Oriented
Programming (AS2OOP) course begin on April 11, 2009.
Registrations are open for this course group. Read details at
http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/actionscript2_oop_details.htm

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::: FREE Workshops at Wavelength in February 2009 :::
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The FLEX Orientation Workshop (on March 29, 2009)
Read details at http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/flex_workshop1.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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Writing content for the web is a different ballgame altogether.
It requires you to be sophisticated in your writing, savvy
in technology, and smart in presentation! Though writing
good web content requires practice, the article,
"Writing for the Web - A Quick Reboot!" at http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/web_content_writing.htm
gives you a view of what goes into good web content writing.

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The Cognitive Excursion
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Art, graphics, animation, fairy tales, rule
the CLICK and the PEARL this month. Find out how much
you know of art and graphics by solving the thematic
crossword, CLICK. And then slip into the fairy tale
world with the PEARL.

Take a break - The Cognitive Excursion awaits you at:http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/cog_ex/cognitive_excursion.htm

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ID Section
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ID Concepts
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"Five Instructional Design Principles Worth Revisiting" by
Brenda Sugrue at http://www.qln.ca/Documents/Knowledge%20Base/
Other%20Expertise/Five_ID_Principles_final.pdf
is an excellent checklist that can help you stay on track
while you design. The five principles discussed in this
article are: Learning is not performance (great point - isn't
it quite often that we come across course objectives
that are written primarily to enable learning and not to
impact performance,) the medium is not the method, match
internal and external conditions, authentic practice makes
perfect, and one size doesn't fit all!

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Language & Culture
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Culture doesn't just impact our interactions with people,
it influences everything, including the way we learn.
The impact of culture on computer science education is
discussed in this paper "Learning Styles and
Multiculturalism - The Need to Combine Forces in the
Computer Science Classroom" by Lisa C. Kaczmarczyk.
Read it at:
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/csed/doc_consortium/DC98/kaczmarczyk.pdf

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Writing Style
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Read "Excerpts from "On Writing Well" by William Zinsser" at
http://www.cla.wayne.edu/polisci/kdk/general/sources/zinsser.htm
This excerpt explains simplicity, clutter, and style; in a
simple, clutter-less(!), and stylish manner!

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Technology Section
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Learning Content Management Technologies
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At http://radicalpedagogy.icaap.org/content/issue1_2/02kanuka1_2.html
you will find a paper titled, "Using Constructivism in
Technology-Mediated Learning: Constructing Order out of
the Chaos in the Literature" by Heather Kanuka and
Terry Anderson.

This paper discusses the importance of enhancing the
learning process and its outcome, by shifting our
conceptual base from instructivism (which focuses on
meeting pre-defined learning objectives through a set
of methods) to constructivism (which states that the
process of learning should be designed by first reviewing
the learner's prior experiences and analyzing how the
learner constructs his or her new knowledge.) It then
reviews the possibility of using technology-mediation for
enabling learning that is grounded in the constructivist
principles.

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Site of the Month
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The Site of the Month for February 2009 is simple, elegant,
artistic, yet innovative! It is http://rothaniko.hu/

So click the link to arrive at simple page, where a smiling
demon (who is probably the author of the site) asks you to
launch the site. Please comply.

As usual I now begin the list of those features of this
site, that won my heart. The list is short and sweet and
before long, I would be on my way...so cheer up, and
let's begin!

1. The pre-loader is artistic - but simple enough to be
different.

2. The site loads rather quickly and a bicycle and then
a unicycle rides the waves, while balloons escape into the
red sky. Interesting...and innovative! Don't miss the
chimney on the bicycle carriage.

3. Listen to the creaky sound. Wow, those cycles need
some oiling!

4. Check out the complementary colors and the soothing
treatment.

5. Now click "About" to discover a trailer-scroller that
introduces our innovative artist.

6. Click "Postcards" to release the balloons that carry
the icons for the postcard samples. Watch the organic
treatment of the icons and their placements. Roll your
mouse over the icons to watch the effect.

7. Now click any of the icons. Watch those angels holding
the card for you to see. The subtle treatment, the harmony
of colors, and the right fonts - all come together to
create a lovely experience.

8. If you are an artist (or an art lover,) you should
view the artworks in all the sections of this site. I
did, and I enjoyed the experience tremendously.

So, for a refreshing break from the hi-fi, techno-sites,
click http://rothaniko.hu/, then sit back and enjoy.

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Our Readers and Course/Workshop Participants Views
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1. Instructional Design and Content Writing Certificate
Online Course (IDCWC Online) Participants' Views:
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Click http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/trg_participants_views.htm#idcwconlineviews
to read what the course participants feel about the Instructional Design and
Content Writing Online course (IDCWC Online) and Wavelength.

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2. Instructional Design for Senior Professionals Certificate
Online Course (IDSP Online) Participants' Views:
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Click http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/trg_participants_views.htm#idsponlineviews
to read the views of our participants from the IDSP Online.

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3. Wavelength Trainings/Workshops Participants' Views:
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Click http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/trg_participants_views.htm#trainingsworkshopsviews
to read what the our Trainings'/Workshops' participants
feel about our training programs.

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4. IDCWC (Contact) Course Participants' Views:
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Click http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/trg_participants_views.htm#idcwccontactviews
to read what the IDCWC Contact program participants feel
about the Instructional Design course (IDCWC) and Wavelength.

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5. ActionScript Developer Certificate Course
(ASDC) Participants' Views:
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Click http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/trg_participants_views.htm#asdcviews
to read what the ActionScript Course participants feel
about the ActionScript course (ASDC) and Wavelength.

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6. The ID Newsletter Readers' Views:
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Click http://www.vibrantwavelength.com/views.htm to read
what our readers feel about Wavelength.

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Laugh-a-Little
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What may be funny in one cultural context may be banal,
or even obnoxious in another...but then that's a risk
that I have to take, if I've selected culture as the theme
for this month's Laugh-a-Little feature.

Check http://www.grantland.net/culture1.htm for some
corporate jokes (subtle, of course - you don't need to
cover your monitor with your jacket, just in case you
know who turns up at your workstation!)

Did that get you laughing?

It did?

Thanks! What? It didn't?

Until next month then...

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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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Perk up, smile, and get going! I'll be back next month.

Good Bye!
Shafali

Shafali R. Anand
Editor & Publisher, Wavelength the ID Newsletter
Director, Wavelength eLearning Consulting and Training Pvt. Ltd.
shafali [at] vibrantwavelength [dot] com
Wavelength, Link House, 2nd Floor,
C-4, Sector 10, Noida-201301, India.
Ph: 9810324284 / 9810412297 / (0120)4315505
http://www.vibrantwavelength.com

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