Rapid Prototyping Magic with Alfred Workflows
I attended my second hackathon this weekend, and my teammates were noticing all my keystroke magic tricks that help me quickly prototype professional-looking app...
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March 24, 2023
What’s Different Between the Life of a Classroom Teacher vs. Instructional Designer?
How is the day-to-day life of an Instructional Designer different than that of a K12 classroom teacher? Many classroom teachers are looking to make...
February 10, 2023
The “Attention Method” for Effective Presentation Decks – Updated
This is an update to my previous post, The “Attention Method” for Effective PowerPoint Presentations. My Attention Method™ of presentation design is a philosophy...
August 24, 2022
Microlearning is not a Platform, it’s a Design Choice
One frequent buzzword you’ll hear a lot in the eLearning world is “microlearning”. More often than not, it’s pushed by companies trying to sell...
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Towards a High-Touch Competency Based Education Model
“At this time in our history, the most valuable institutions will be those that generate real learning from average or disadvantaged students, not those...
Modular Learning Platforms for CBE
In response to 2U Learning Platform Update: Removal of Moodle, addition of accessibility options This article confirms what I suspected about 2U — that...
How I Stay Up on EdTech Tools
This post started life as a response to a question on Reddit and grew into a far-reaching manifesto on my approach to staying current...
Reflection: 6 Objections to Technology in Higher Ed
This is a reflection on Joshua Kim’s article, 6 Objections to Technology in Higher Ed. I’m going to address each of the major points,...
HTML5 Presentations from Markdown to Reveal.js
This video shows you how you can quickly convert a Markdown formatted presentation outline into an HTML5 presentation using Reveal.js. I think this method...
Competency Based Education Q&A Hangout for the Online Learning Consortium
Can you share with us a high level overview of Competency Based Learning? The big, big, big picture overview is best illustrated by a...
Disrupting Education: Cost or Quality?
Embed from Getty Images In response to When Uber and Airbnb Meet the Real World. A friend got me thinking about how Uber and...
Digital Native Students are More Consumers than Creators
Embed from Getty Images OK, friends– it’s time to get over it. You might call young people “digital native students” but there are severe...
Don’t Hate the LMS, It Can Help Keep Our Focus on Learning
I’ve been noticing an interesting thread in online conversations recently, with people I respect either bashing or defending the LMS. Audrey Watters’ Beyond the...
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