watch out

i am going to talk a bit about Podcasts, Klogs, Plogs and the like...have been gathering quite a lot of info - but it has been very hectic at work and home...will try and live up to the commitments i have done towards Blogging.
for now i could say, Wiki is a real good concept catching up in learning circles the same as with Blogs and M-learning.

i am back

Hello,

Life has been pretty hectic for me for the last 6 months. I know that I have not blogged frequently. Sorry to my friends’ who were visiting a static page. I would sure try my efforts in trying to bring life back to this page.

Cheers
Haridas

Committed to blogging

Dear Friends,

To keep up with the changing trends and to practice the new vibes we need to constantly unwind and rewind. IMHO learning never ceases. I have decided to Blog!

Last year, to post a comment on an instructional design blog I created a blog and left it like that for more than a year. Back then, I felt I am not good enough to be a regular blogger. I felt (and still feel) that blogging needs lots of dedication and commitment. To set aside time and space + resources to do that as a routine is by itself a discipline. I forgot this (old) login Id.

Today, I had to create a new blog again!!! to comment on a different blog. Blame my memory – I forgot the login ID of this new blog also!!! After a few tries I almost gave up, and that’s when the ‘inner me’ woke me up and said (as always it tells me during trying times) ‘never give up’ there is a famous quote used in GYMs, Martial Arts schools etc.

‘on a day when you feel that you could not do your exercises or training, that’s the day you have to do it! That’s when you are really training’.

So with renewed energy and neurons I tried a few combinations of Login ID’s that I ‘might’ have used and voila I got both my blog ID’s back. Yeah! Perseverance, did I say ;-)

Looking at both my old and new blog pages, I felt kind of sad for them…I had created them and left them like that in the virtual space for eons to come. Today through this write up I make a commitment that I will strive hard to keep both my blogs active.

Requesting my friends to keep visiting my blogs

Formal:
http://mynotesonid.blogspot.com/
This blog will have my posts pertaining to eLearning filed and my notes regarding it. At least one article on an average will be contributed in a month to this blog.

Informal:
http://madbullharidas.blogspot.com/
This blog will have my posts on, Bosnia conflict to the Penguins of Antarctica. I will blog on anything and everything here. Current affairs, history, mystery, philosophy, Biking on my bullet etc. I would also recall my childhood memoirs here. No, this would not be a chronological biography kind of thing but certainly will have interesting snippets about a young naughty boy who grew up to be a Man what he is today. Oh, yeah I was naughty certainly not notorious. In such articles, some of you might find traces of ‘Dennis’ some others ‘Tom Sawyer’ and for some the events might remind an episode out of ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. I will sure try my best to keep such pages on a lighter vein. While yes at the same time as you could see, when I draw my Sword over certain issues (refer the ‘quota’ article) I would be pretty brutal with my attack and scathe such social menaces mercilessly. At least one article on an average will be contributed in a week to this blog.

Henceforth with all my human limitations I shall not let go of these blogs and would devout some time, space and energy for these two blogs. Requesting my dear friends to visits these sites frequently and leave your comments (if that is not possible due to account restrictions, feel free to mail me your comments to haridasraghavan@yahoo.co.uk). I being an amateur all your valuable comments would help me grow as a great blogger.

This piece is a common write up to both my blogs.

Cheers
H

What is eLearning?

What is eLearning?

eLearning to me is, leveraging on (every) available technology in the e-world (Mobile, podcasts, wikis, blogs, CBT (Computer Based Training), WBT (Web Based Training), Webcasts, Webinars… the list is quite huge) to take Training (a.k.a) Learning to the intended audience.
The common trend though is CBT and WBT. There are various schools of thought on how eLearning must be used to handle training. Some prefer just eLearning while some would go for Blended Learning – a mix of both eLearning and ILT (Instructor Lead Training).

eLearning helps a learner to learn at his/her pace – self paced learning. This technology to a greater extent helps the trainer and the trained. The major scoring factors, being the effectiveness of the training since the learner goes through the training sessions at his/her will, there is no force fitted ‘push’ learning happening here. Travel time cutting (at times across geographical boundaries) is another advantage since the training is dependent on e-technologies. Tracking the progress of a learner is easy when done through a Learning Management System (LMS) and eLearning goes hand in hand with LMS. Last but not the least cost savings are huge for both the trainer and the trained. On the downside some feel that the human touch (face to face interaction) is lost during e-training, but some e-trends like webinars and video conferencing could make up for this.

The present generation of humans (computer, video games, iPod and mobile era) to a greater percentage are more gadget savvy, thus when given with an e-training module which helps them learn anytime, anywhere they are generally comfortable with it. Corporates, Governments and Universities are going the eLearning way.

eLearning is the way to go for future learning needs.

Cheers
H

after a year...

hmmm... this blog though created an year ago is being sprung back in to action...today. this blog will hold my views and notes pertaining to my career...eLearning.

regards
H