Experience API and RSS News/Podcast Aggregators in Education
I am a big believer in RSS News Aggregators as a core technology for lifelong learning. By allowing each individual person to curate their...
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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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Search Canvas LMS with Chrome Custom Search Engines
If you’re an admin user of Canvas LMS by Instructure, you frequently have to navigate your account by searching for users and courses in...
Discussion Forum for Video Lectures Encourages Engagement
Most LMSes have a “Discussion Forum” tool that you can add into any course unit, and even make it a graded assignment in the...
Loop is Google Play Music on your Desktop
Google Play Music is my favorite music streaming service — but running it in my main browser has some drawbacks. Luckily Loop has emerged...
Testing the H5P.org Twitter Widget
I have long been a fan of the h5p.org project, a collection of open source learning objects written completely in HTML5 technologies to add...
Sandstorm.io for Teachers | Presentations
I’ve long been a believer that teachers should explore open source edtech tools as an alternative to all the free, freemium, ad-supported, and privacy-invading...
Teachers & Admins: Protect Student Data with Strong Passwords
As a system administrator, or even as a classroom teacher, you probably have several cloud app accounts that hold students’ names, grades, assignments, and...
Open Broadcaster Software — The Only Screencasting App You’ll Ever Need
One of the most valuable tools for an instructional designer is a great screencasting app. Being able to record your desktop with voice narration...
What WordPress Jetpack can Teach Instructure Canvas
Instructure Canvas is the new hotness in the LMS market, but for many it remains out of reach. For many schools who need an...
Site Builder Pingendo Lets You Build with Bootstrap Visually
Pingendo is a free, visual page builder site, letting you use Twitter Bootstrap design elements to build professional-looking pages. You construct a page using...
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