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writing</category><category>management</category><category>principles of instructional design</category><category>Books</category><title>Designed for Learning!</title><description /><link>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>59</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/LUwWK" /><feedburner:info uri="blogspot/luwwk" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-2961423821106520759</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-26T11:36:07.295+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mentee</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mentor</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">new hire</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">training</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Onboarding</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Induction</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">buddy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Design</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">New Hire Training</category><title>5 Tips for Designing An Onboarding Program That Keeps Them On Board!</title><atom:summary>

The value of an onboarding or an induction program is far
more than it is perceived. A good onboarding program helps new hires understand
the organization and settle in quickly. More importantly, an onboarding program is instrumental in
motivating and retaining new hires by helping them understand their role in the
bigger picture.




However, not only onboarding programs are able to meet these</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/AkPHfSdj-H0/5-tips-for-designing-onboarding-program.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Vancouver, BC Canada</georss:featurename><georss:point>49.26153141148409 -123.11416625976562</georss:point><georss:box>49.17863191148409 -123.27209475976562 49.344430911484096 -122.95623775976563</georss:box><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/AkPHfSdj-H0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2012/01/5-tips-for-designing-onboarding-program.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-595609454608090339</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-31T07:27:47.829+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">integration</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">training</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">learning</category><title>The Single Most Important Thing I Learned In 2011</title><atom:summary>This year has been instrumental in my life and in the life of my family. We moved across continents; from India to Canada. During the year, I (re)learned many things. I learned to respect my goals and love my dreams and constantly fuel them with positive energy and resilience. I learned to plan for change and accept when things don’t go my way. I also learned that whatever I set my mind to, it is</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/Ab7F4kuvlDk/single-most-important-thing-i-learned.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/Ab7F4kuvlDk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2011/12/single-most-important-thing-i-learned.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-7957824725537105087</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-13T03:46:53.604+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">performance</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">learning</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">assessing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">assess</category><title>Why Do We Need to Assess? My Top 5 Reasons</title><atom:summary>
A couple of weeks ago, I read an article about why schools in Finland are successful. There was one sentence in this article that really stuck with me.

“We prepare children to learn how to learn, not how to take a test.” 
- Pasi Sahlberg, a former math and physics teacher who is now in Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture.
I think this sentence captures the essence of why we should </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/g0fwDQ6_6hg/why-do-we-need-to-assess-performance-my.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Burnaby, BC, Canada</georss:featurename><georss:point>49.248869 -122.973796</georss:point><georss:box>49.191767999999996 -123.04027649999999 49.30597 -122.9073155</georss:box><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/g0fwDQ6_6hg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2011/12/why-do-we-need-to-assess-performance-my.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-1209630248307339542</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-15T01:18:41.938+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">learning</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">change</category><title>Top 5 Tips for Embracing Change</title><atom:summary>
Change is the only constant. It is a process of becoming different. As a professional learning consultant, I am always working with “change” – either trying to cause it or helping learners deal with it. I love change and thrive on it. Recently, I have had one of the biggest changes in my life. My family and I have moved from New Delhi, India to Vancouver, B.C. Canada. This is a permanent move, </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/pv9Ih5j9v7U/top-5-tips-for-embracing-change.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/pv9Ih5j9v7U" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2011/11/top-5-tips-for-embracing-change.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-2970141884057065513</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-14T17:54:24.187+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blog</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">how-to</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blogging</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">steps</category><title>Starting a Blog in 5 Easy Steps and Keeping at it!</title><atom:summary>  Recently, Tumblr reached 10 Billion posts mark. Tumblr is a microblogging platform that started in 2007 and went from 1 billion to 10 billion posts in just one year! A study by Universal McCann reports that over 77% of Internet users read blogs. In US alone, this 77% would conservatively mean more than 54 million readers. It is also reported that there are 900,000 blog posts posted every day in</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/Res3juwKFSM/starting-blog-in-5-easy-steps-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/Res3juwKFSM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2011/09/starting-blog-in-5-easy-steps-and.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-2846562697840984499</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-08-16T16:18:59.830+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">engaging</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">conference</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">learning</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">listening</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">listener</category><title>Top 5 Tips to Become a Better Listener</title><atom:summary>
We cannot underestimate the power of listening skills at any phase of our lives – as children, young adults, and mature professionals. I personally believe that success and failure depends on how well we listen to everything around us - the voice of our parents, teachers, leaders and nature. 
Here are my top 5 tips to become a better listener:
1) Be quiet  - To really listen, you have to be </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/IILzjhkxOFY/top-5-tips-to-become-better-listener.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/IILzjhkxOFY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2011/08/top-5-tips-to-become-better-listener.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-6032449009184176423</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-07-20T18:41:08.753+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">engaging</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fun</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">elearning</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Design</category><title>Making Learning Fun!</title><atom:summary>This month’s LCBQ is “How do you make e-learning fun?” 
I begin with a quote by British novelist, Arnold Bennett who said, "There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul."
  I believe this quote sums up all the reasons why we should include emotions – </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/mRseMTl-LqU/making-learning-fun.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ax5ijD-7A1E/SCPktuoSQsI/AAAAAAAABfw/bQdv6j05Ymo/s72-c/orange%252C+no+drawer.gif" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/mRseMTl-LqU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2011/07/making-learning-fun.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-1194182637460493994</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-06-15T21:22:35.893+05:30</atom:updated><title>Breaking Free From Organizational Walls</title><atom:summary>The #LCBQ for June is:
How do we break down organizational walls when it comes to learning?

Here are the top 5 actions that can help in breaking down organization silos and promote learning:

1) Foster collaboration across teams, departments, businesses.

There are invisible boundaries across teams and departments. Businesses have more visible boundaries. Most departments and businesses may have</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/NqH8DTdVOg0/lcbq-for-june-is-how-do-we-break-down.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/NqH8DTdVOg0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2011/06/lcbq-for-june-is-how-do-we-break-down.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-4483810809140728194</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 05:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-05-09T12:06:17.146+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">performance</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">workplace learning</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">informal</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">formal learning</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blended learning</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">work</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">learning</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">learner</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">#LCBQ</category><title>Addressing On-Demand Learning Needs</title><atom:summary>  
 The #LCBQ for May is:   
How do we need to change in what we do in order to address learning/performance needs that are on-demand?  
In order to answer this question, I think it is important to first identify and understand the nature of learning and performance needs that are 'on-demand'. The way I look at it, only when we apply knowledge, we really learn. I don't think we would make an </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/AcWbQTgk4cI/addressing-on-demand-learning-needs.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ax5ijD-7A1E/SCPktuoSQsI/AAAAAAAABfw/bQdv6j05Ymo/s72-c/orange%252C+no+drawer.gif" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/AcWbQTgk4cI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2011/05/addressing-on-demand-learning-needs.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-661526705094849218</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-04-11T11:50:13.600+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">learning</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">desire paths</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">design review</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Design</category><title>Desire Paths to Learning</title><atom:summary>Thanks to a tweet by Sahana (#sahana2802), I recently read a post on the concept of desire paths by Tony Baldasaro. The concept is from architecture and is not new. Infact, it was introduced by renaissance-man, Gaston Bachelard. He coined the term in his book,The Poetics of Space. He called these les chemins du désir: pathways of desire. 
As per wikipedia "A desire path (also known as a desire </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/rP7siWvJWTw/desire-paths-to-learning.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vqOJ9Z4lLxc/TaKYqD2xQSI/AAAAAAAAJ6Y/JvilzM1YdXU/s72-c/Desire+Paths.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/rP7siWvJWTw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2011/04/desire-paths-to-learning.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-9127977927547387301</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-21T09:30:27.411+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">evaluation</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">social networking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">informal</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">evaluate</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blended learning</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">assessing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">assess</category><title>Assessing Informal Learning</title><atom:summary>For March the LCBQ is: How do you assess whether your informal learning, social learning, continuous learning, performance support initiatives have the desired impact or achieve the desired results?

My response to the question – I think we should assess informal learning but I don't think I want to asses informal learning using the same set of parameters often used for formal learning. 

Need to</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/c7oswXllcZU/assessing-informal-learning.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ax5ijD-7A1E/SCPktuoSQsI/AAAAAAAABfw/bQdv6j05Ymo/s72-c/orange%252C+no+drawer.gif" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/c7oswXllcZU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2011/03/assessing-informal-learning.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-8964577533130943415</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-02-24T09:53:16.536+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">learn</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">teaching</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">learning</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">children</category><title>What Children Can Teach Us About Learning</title><atom:summary>I am always inspired by the following quote by Thomas Szasz, an American psychiatrist and academic:

"Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily; and why older persons, especially if vain or important, cannot learn at all." 

This quote, very </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/VAWI0iVlqMQ/what-children-can-teach-us-about.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><thr:total>5</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/VAWI0iVlqMQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-children-can-teach-us-about.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-3427458163469295182</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 06:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-20T12:21:13.247+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">storytelling</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">corporate storytelling</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">learning through stories</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">stories</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">learning</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">story</category><title>Learning Through Stories</title><atom:summary>My father has told me countless stories and continues to be a good storyteller. Whether it is to share his opinion or advice or just generally talk about his experiences, he has always kept a story ready! First it was us, and now it is his grandchildren. And so, I have always liked stories; both telling and listening to them. And I hope to continue my father’s legacy by sharing countless stories </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/8t9qGKW0guA/learning-through-stories.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjm55jQHtLU/TTfX-eUhlVI/AAAAAAAAJvQ/rKVYB3Dv4wE/s72-c/1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/8t9qGKW0guA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2011/01/learning-through-stories.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-3700063297682644877</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-01T14:51:57.136+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">STC India</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">STC</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">design review</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Design</category><title>Presentation at STC India - Conducting Effective Design Walkthroughs</title><atom:summary>Here's the presentation that I made at the STC India Conference in Nov 2010. 
An Effective Design Walkthrough_Taruna Goel_STC Conf India
View more presentations from Taruna Goel. I began with a story that highlights the importance of a design review. The story is about a button that was costing a major retailer 300 million dollars a year. This button was sitting in a form within the e-commerce </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/LJ_EIbXQW6Y/presentation-at-stc-india-conducting.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/LJ_EIbXQW6Y" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2010/12/presentation-at-stc-india-conducting.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-3823017252522758115</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-23T10:57:10.144+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">design walkthrough</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">conference</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">STC</category><title>Igniting Minds at STC India Conference</title><atom:summary>I participated in the STC India Annual Conference this year. The conference was held at Sheraton, Saket, New Delhi from 11 Nov - 13 Nov 2010. This was the first time that STC India Conference was held in New Delhi. This was also the first time that I participated in the conference. If that wasn't motivating enough, I also got an opportunity to present! This post is a reflection of some of what I </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/JhQJitgyZgk/igniting-minds-at-stc-india-conference.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjm55jQHtLU/TOd_Ie8ue9I/AAAAAAAAJdQ/JqONm20SoTU/s72-c/stcindia.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/JhQJitgyZgk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2010/11/igniting-minds-at-stc-india-conference.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-341464612838025654</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-10-12T15:53:04.859+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">design walkthrough</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">conference</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">STC India</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">STC</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">design review</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Design</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">presentation</category><title>Presenting at STC India Conference</title><atom:summary>I will be presenting at the 12th STC India Conference this November at The Sheraton, Saket District Centre, New Delhi, India. 

You can catch me in the 'Knowledge Unlimited' session on Day 2, 13 November 2010 at 2:00 PM IST. I will be sharing my views on how to plan and conduct effective design walkthroughs. 

I look forward to your participation! </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/63efMWgrpiY/presenting-at-stc-india-conference.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/63efMWgrpiY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2010/10/presenting-at-stc-india-conference.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-992202928307594701</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-12T17:46:10.569+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">transition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">learning consultant</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">independent</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">employee</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">change</category><title>From An Employee to a Consultant - A Story of Embracing Change</title><atom:summary>I have been working on designing and developing a training workshop on embracing change and transition. Perhaps, the timing was just right. I say this because I am just about ready to celebrate my one-year anniversary as an independent consultant and what a change it has been! I am writing this post as a way to reflect and capture my learning over the last one year specifically related to making </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/EHunG-O0STk/from-employee-to-consultant-story-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><thr:total>11</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/EHunG-O0STk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2010/09/from-employee-to-consultant-story-of.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-6225499742872830363</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-03T16:56:56.114+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">principles of instructional design</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Basics of Instructional Design</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Books</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ADDIE</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Theories</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Models</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">instructional design</category><title>Top 10 Resources on Instructional Design: Basics and More</title><atom:summary>I recently read a blog post by Janet Clarey highlighting the need to go back to the basics.

These 'basics' are different for everyone. But like all subjects and bodies of knowledge, there are a few foundational concepts that have been identified and acknowledged as such. Without knowing and understanding these basics, we can't claim to be successfully practicing our subject - the subject of </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/kRR-zsTouoE/top-10-resources-on-instructional.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><thr:total>13</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/kRR-zsTouoE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2010/08/top-10-resources-on-instructional.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-464100476188896434</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-24T22:53:25.175+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">social networking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blog</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">trends</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">twitter</category><title>Is Blogging Dying?</title><atom:summary>I recently read an article in The Economist highlighting a report that shows that "the rate of growth of blogs has slowed in many parts of the world. In some countries growth has even stalled". 

Yes, perhaps it is true that blogging is growing at a far lesser rate than it was 10 years ago. But I don't think blogging is dying! The trends are changing. Our expectations as bloggers and readers are </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/2EwquVV-BRk/is-blogging-dying.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/2EwquVV-BRk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2010/07/is-blogging-dying.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-7693292942299541369</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-23T17:38:07.820+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">culture</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">multiple cultural model</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">instructional design</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">culture-neutral</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">culturally-sensitive</category><title>Culture-Neutral Instructional Design – Fact or Fiction?</title><atom:summary>As an instructional designer and learning specialist, I like to believe that I am aware of the cultural difference between me and my intended audience. I also believe that I try my best to ensure that my training design and developed content is devoid of any cultural bias and the instructions are unambiguous. 

However, can instructional design ever be culture-neutral? 

The Meaning of Culture


</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/PzvXaQApfnw/culture-neutral-instructional-design.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjm55jQHtLU/TCHyDTkZbnI/AAAAAAAAIqU/ICl_9TbXa44/s72-c/MC900446190%5B1%5D.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>6</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/PzvXaQApfnw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2010/06/culture-neutral-instructional-design.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-1259521078555124296</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 07:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-05-25T12:45:30.432+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giving feedback</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">receiving feedback</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">management</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">leadership</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">responsibility</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">good managers</category><title>Are You a Manager by Chance or by Choice?</title><atom:summary>
Are you a manager by chance or by choice? 

The reason I ask this is because most managers become managers only by a matter of their vertical growth (by chance) in the organization and not necessarily because they can manage people well or that’s what they’d like to do (by choice).

I believe that most people are not prepared for the transition from managing self to managing others. Being </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/Nel3xoaMFKs/are-you-manager-by-chance-or-by-choice.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjm55jQHtLU/S_t3bxJgMdI/AAAAAAAAHc8/zmjdVumhBAA/s72-c/j0302920.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>9</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/Nel3xoaMFKs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2010/05/are-you-manager-by-chance-or-by-choice.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-646733728065685534</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-26T19:01:49.085+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">learning mix</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blended learning</category><title>Make it Blended!</title><atom:summary> Blended learning is not a new thing. It is not a radical concept. It is not a new-age way of thinking about learning. As Elliott Masie puts it: “We are, as a species, blended learners.” So, the blend existed much before we understood and (re)defined it. 

What does blended learning mean? 
There are many definitions of blended learning. Some focus on the technology (aka Internet) and others focus</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/HrXh7dCnaHU/make-it-blended.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/HrXh7dCnaHU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2010/04/make-it-blended.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-5321772780688099188</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-20T12:57:28.446+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giving feedback</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">receiving feedback</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">feedback</category><title>The Science and Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback</title><atom:summary>We cannot underestimate the value of feedback. Feedback is an important aspect of building a constructive relationship - personal and professional. It is an invitation to interact. It can help improve our performance and change our behaviour. It can help us become self-aware and also allow us to help others discover themselves.

Most of us know and understand the importance of feedback. But when </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/JWj87J9rdtM/science-and-art-of-giving-and-receiving.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/JWj87J9rdtM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2010/03/science-and-art-of-giving-and-receiving.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-6095688736924984679</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-15T09:45:18.101+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">facilitators</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">digital pedagogy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">online training</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">online space</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">learning</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">elearning</category><title>Online Success - a recipe for learners and facilitators</title><atom:summary>The benefits of online learning have been long established in the learning industry. To add to the changing learning landscape, technology has helped support and develop online learning environments in ways that were not possible in the past. While changes are happening rapidly, the skills needed to leverage online learning - as learners and instructional designers - are not developing at the </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/JFgiG4i0eYw/online-success-recipe-for-learners-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><thr:total>9</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/JFgiG4i0eYw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2010/02/online-success-recipe-for-learners-and.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825281942550168796.post-7381343649189695359</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-25T13:03:30.896+05:30</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">instructional design</category><title>I am an Instructional Designer - This is My Story</title><atom:summary>Inspired by Cammy Bean’s post.

Caution: Long post. Is wordy and may be boring at places. But this is the story of my professional life. Life is boring at times. But it is always interesting when you write about life after 10 years.
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What did I want to be when I grew up? Honestly…. so many things!

I wanted to be a rock star, a musician, a dancer, a painter, a writer, an editor, and a </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~3/1j6UVFcEdHM/i-am-instructional-designer-my-story.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Taruna Goel)</author><thr:total>10</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/LUwWK/~4/1j6UVFcEdHM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-am-instructional-designer-my-story.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>

