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July 8, 2024
Adaptive and “Pseudo-adaptive” LMS Feedback
Whenever we build a one-size-fits-all learning experience for all students to move through independently, we should think about how the learner will get personalized...
June 6, 2024
Save The Planet! A Modern WebQuest
This post describes how I created a WebQuest using modern eLearning authoring tools, AI content generation, and streaming video.
June 6, 2024
If You Want Microlearning, Think About Learning Objectives
We instructional designers are trained to think about learning objectives from the very beginning of a project, to design backwards from the outcomes we...
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Make a “Hard to Guess but Easy to Remember” Password for Greater Cloud Security
In my last post, I recommended using a password manager like LastPass to help you create strong, unique passwords for all of the different...
Good Security Practices Keep You Safe(r) from Hackers when Using Cloud Tools
Friends and colleagues have been expressing doubt about entrusting their data to “The Cloud”, especially in light of the recent high profile attacks on...
Free Tools, the Distorted Web, Privacy, and Your Students’ Critical Thinking Skills
Until I saw this TED talk, I didn’t care much that free Web 2.0 tools like Google and Facebook were collecting massive dossiers of...
Doit.im a Project-Based ToDo List App for Project-Based Learning #PBL
One of the great strengths of Project-Based Learning (PBL) is that students learn the skills they need to successfully see a job through all...
Cultivate Your Personal Learning Network Part II: Showing What You Know
In Cultivate Your Personal Learning Network Part I, you learned to find and organize information that will teach you, challenge your ideas, and help you...
f.lux– A Plugin To Save Your Eyes
A couple months ago I added a free, open source plugin to my Mac called f.lux that promises to relieve eye strain and insomnia...
Chrome OS Netbooks: Can Your School Live in the Cloud?
If you haven’t heard of Chrome OS, it’s Google’s attempt to do away with the desktop altogether and have everything that happens on your...
Cultivate your Personal Learning Network
This post discusses how to build your own Personal (or Professional) Learning Network. Instead of starting by telling you which tools to...
The Blackboard Buyout and the Wisdom of Open Web Standards
As part of our LMS Evaluation, we’ve investigated concerns around Instructure’s viability and longevity as a business. Recent events surrounding Blackboard should lead us...
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