Choose Multi-Platform Apps for Inclusive Collaboration
JR Raphael of Computer world just published an excellent slideshow featuring 20 great productivity apps for Android, iOS, and the Web. Unsurprisingly, it reads...
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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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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...
Black Menu for Chrome: All Your Google Tools At Your Fingertips
This week I discovered Black Menu for Chrome, an extension that lets you access any of your Google tools from a dropdown in the...
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...
Automatically Mute Your Phone at School or Work with IFTTT.com
You know that moment when the room is quiet and everyone is calmly focused on a speaker– and then someone’s annoying ringtone goes off...
What I Learned Helping a College Student Crowdfund Tuition
One of my former 12th grade Digital Design students has stayed in touch with me since his graduation in 2009, and he just asked...
The Changing Role of Faculty: From Traditional Ed to Competency Based Education
The role of the instructor has become ever more complex in the last century as technology, pedagogy, and student expectations have advanced with the...
Teaching For a Future Where Humans are Obsolete
One of the hardest things about teaching young students is actually envisioning the ways the world will be different when they’re ready to join...
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