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Instructional Design |
Technical Writing |
Content Developer (Writer) |
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Design |
Principles
of Instructional Design, Psychology of learning, |
Principles
of Information Design, precisely Info-mapping |
Principles
of Information Design, Information Architecture |
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Audience |
Learners,
adult learners, on-the-job trainees, distance learners |
Product
users – software or electronic products or any technology user |
Web
users and visitors of any websites or
portals |
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Purpose |
Knowledge
enhancement, acquisition, perform better on the job |
Ease of
use and trouble shooting |
Information
dissemination |
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Background knowledge and
experience |
Teaching,
training, familiarity with designing learning materials or courses |
Writing,
editing, Info designing |
Writing,
editing, Info designing |
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Business Knowledge |
Training
or e-learning
industry, continuing/distance education |
Software
or any specific product |
General
awareness of the present business scenario |
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KSA |
Analytical,
creative, evaluative, |
Analytical |
Creative
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Technology awareness |
Authoring
tools like LCMS, Use of Internet, awareness of Collaboration technology and
LMS |
Authoring
tools for online documentation and MS Word |
Content
Management Tools, HTML, |
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Writing Skills |
Creative,
factual and informative style of writing, interactive and academic |
Factual
and straight forward writing, precise, objective |
Informative
and factual |
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Desired Output |
Skill
based courses, project based courses, Product
based courses and case-study based courses |
Procedure
based documents, Product
based documents, reference guides, study guides |
Web pages |