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Up until now I’ve used dedicated Markdown editors like Haroopad and MacDown as a tool where I can focus on writing, while reserving more...
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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...
Proficiency vs. Mastery: Recognizing Growth and Excellence in CBE
In response to Kaplan University Begins Offering Personalized Competency Reports to More than 40,000 Students Kaplan University’s Personalized Competency Reports http://mms.businesswire.com/media/20150505005116/en/466003/5/CRExample_5_5_15_Page_1-%281%29.jpg?download=1 It’s great to...
LAUSD’s iPad Debacle and Enduring Principles for EdTech Decision Making
Why I Would Have Avoided LA’s iPad Debacle In response to the Wired article “What Schools Must Learn from LA’s iPad Debacle”. [Full disclosure:...
Self-Paced Learning and the Psychic Load of Teaching
As we look at traditional education and try and explain how it got this way, one topic is so taboo that it rarely gets...
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...
One PowerPoint, Indivisible | Markdown Presentations for Futureproof Flexibility
A response to PowerPoint Remix Rant by Mike Caulfield. Mike laments how the long list of specialized graphical tools in PowerPoint is a recipe...
Privacy Badger and Ghostery – Block Web Spying from Your Browser
You may know that most websites collect some data about your browsing habits when you visit the site. Some of these cookies are pretty...
Free Open Source User Feedback with AllOurIdeas
I have been researching open source user feedback tools, and I stumbled upon a very nice app called AllOurIdeas.org. The app takes a novel...
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