Is India's Approach to Interactive Learning Lagging Behind? Let's Discuss the Gap and Solutions

I work with a company involved in learning/training content design and development, primarily in eLearning, because this is in demand by their learners.

In India, I see that learning managers and training managers are not much interested in thinking beyond conventional approaches and putting new thoughts into that old way. As someone in Business Development, I have many proven case studies that have shown a tremendous improvement in the learning outcomes of the learners.

Dear Bhanwar,

The ultimate objective of training or learning is whether it could build skills in the employees. The objective is not training or learning but its application. For this, it is always better if you practice under some expert.

We don't have to copy everything that the West does. The superiority of any tool or weapon lies in its application.

In traditional learning, feedback can be given instantaneously. Secondly, there is a pleasure in learning with others. Thirdly, participants can have exposure to the other participants' creativity. These things are just missing in e-learning.

If the conversion of knowledge into skill were to be that easy, then we wouldn't require trainers as well. Our books were quite sufficient to serve the purpose. For example, even after working under a superior whose business writing skills are excellent, it takes at least five years for a subordinate to build good drafting skills in him/her. Various posts on this site give testimony of the poor drafting skills of the members!

Regards,

Dinesh V Divekar
dineshdivekar(at)yahoo.com