Shortage of Instructional Designers Hits Off-Shore Vendors

The booming off-shore eLearning industry in India has a few unique problems of its own to grapple with. An acute shortage of trained Instructional Designers is one. Unlike the United States, there are no institutions offering courses in Instructional Technology or Instructional Design. This usually means a great deal of time and money and effort is spent by companies in bringing their rookie ID talent upto speed. To address this problem, a Pune based custom eLearning solutions provider, Brainvisa is experimenting by partnering one of India's renowned educational institutes, Symbiosis, to offer their students of Mass Communication an optional course in Instructional Design. The students are being encouraged to consider entering this field, apart from their usual choices of advertising, print, broadcast, and journalism. The collaborators hope that this first of its kind initiative will gather momentum and go a long way in addressing the needs of the eLearning industry.

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[Shael Sharma]

was here!

[Sourav Chakraborty]

Hi All,

Good to see some discussions are taking place in the field of instructional design.I personally feel people with long experience in teaching/training will perform better than others.

Companies who are primarily technology provider in the field of eL & KM like Aunwesha Knowledge Technologies,Calcutta can provide necessary guidance based on research experience in the field of ID.

[azi joseph izang]

Hi. Is this not wonderful. India has this opportunity and it excites everyone. Nigeria had similar chances in the 60s and 70s but blew it. Well the good thing is that some of use are thus late realizing that even the loud cry about ICT in education cannot be without the instructional designer. The earlier Nigeria and other third world countries woke up from their goose chase the better. It is never too late to be.

India congratulations. Remember me in your kindom. Tell them the goodnews of the weapon of mass instruction. Thank you.

[Vijeesh Shankar]

HI Ankush,

This is indeed a great initiative by Brainvisa!

Could you please let me know if this course is already launched?

Is there a way for people experienced in ID to take a course and get certified?

I know of one university in Mumbai. Its a Girls Only one!

I heard IGNOU is also starting one, but dont have much details on that.

Thanks for your time.