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...
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...
This is an update to my previous post, The “Attention Method” for Effective PowerPoint Presentations. My Attention Method™ of presentation design is a philosophy...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This post discusses how to build your own Personal (or Professional) Learning Network. Instead of starting by telling you which tools to...
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...
When I’m doing a creative project (or just working on a presentation) I am always looking for large, beautiful photos bearing a Creative Commons...
Ge.tt is a great free tool for quickly and easily sharing files that are too large to send by email (up to 100mb). As...
As faculty, you likely spend several hours every week carefully reading, evaluating, and grading student work. Research shows that students report higher course...