Creating collaborative Content

I see this as a 3 step process

Step 1 - Establish the context
Step 2 - Do the research
Step 3 - Put the content together

So let us start with (the mindmap images look small and cramped, but if you click on them individually, it opens up to a crisper full screen image)

The research activity is in two parts
One - research the content.

Two, explore the possibilities and limits, of the pedagogic tools available.

We assume that the collaborative learning content would comprise of a slide deck and instruction notes. Other activities are embedded in the slide deck. And by now the slide deck and instruction notes are begging to be put into place :).

If for no other reason, then for the fact that we've waited so long to get to this. Compare this to the normal impulse of starting right here, at this step.

And hopefully, we are all done!

Comments? Feedback?

Net present value of an individual

Prof Sheth mentioned that the NPV of an american child today is minus $250K. This includes the cost of putting him through college. Try as I may, I am unable to find anything further on this on google. But it led me to an even more interesting insight.

Urban drivers for larger family size are negative and immediate. The end result of moving from a village to a city is that your ideal family size shrinks to just above 2. This may have been double earlier.

By 2050, 80% of the world will be living in cities. Since 2008, more people already live in cities than outside them. While urban living will have its own challenges in the future - especially when coupled with climate refugees - there is good news on the population front.

World population may stablize and then taper off below 10 billion, by 2050, for the simple reason that 80% of world may be living in cities.

ps: Did you know that an american mom in 1800, likely had 7 children. Today it is less than 2.

my checklist for desgning learning modules

What I know of instructional design, is what i have informally picked up. This is the checklist I presently use. Guide me on how to make it better please :)