In my work now, I’m often approached by subject matter experts who know they need some sort of training in place but who need guidance on the details of how to implement it. It becomes clear that they are envisioning something that looks a lot like a course in school, with long lecture presentat...
The open source writing tool Twine bills itself as an “Interactive Fiction” authoring program – a way for people to make text‐based choose‐your‐own‐adventure games and post them online. In fact, there is a vibrant community of writers who create their own branching fiction stories for others t...
In my role as an instructional designer/ Learning Content Developer, a big part of the job is taking instructional materials that my subject matter experts (SMEs) have already created and transforming them into something that’s more attractive, instructionally effective, and optimized for online lea...
I’ve never felt that digital mind‐mapping apps offered much improvement over pen‐and‐paper drawing. Mind mapping is supposed to be a creative, right‐brained experience, and so when I do it, I like to write with my hands, in multiple colors, drawing pictures or writing text according to my whim. Howe...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/19/social-media-proganda-manipulating-public-opinion-bots-accounts-facebook-twitter
In the article above, we see how bad actors are gaming the algorithms of Facebook and Twitter to spread disinformation. We have seen how the proliferation of fake new...
Over the years I’ve been exploring Markdown as a content development tool, I’ve tried most of the Markdown editors available for Mac and Windows. In this article I’ll share my preferred editors aimed at different types of writers.
Writers vs. Coders
Markdown is very popular among two main au...
One challenge I’ve been given to work on is how to translate an in‐person technology training course to a fully online course for a globally distributed workforce.
Sometimes a big part of the job of Instructional Design involves simply copy/pasting information from one format or platform to another. I’m working on a project now that has made me very thankful that I’m using a Clipboard Manager.
What is a Clipboard Manager?
It’s a desktop tool that lets me l...
In college I had a writing teacher who stressed the point that
Writing represents you when you’re not there. -Alberto Rios
It was his way of impressing upon us young writers to make sure everything we mean to say actually makes it onto the page. A common pitfall among young poets is to...
Hemingway is a markdown editor that coaches you to write more clearly, helping you to emulate Ernest Hemingway’s trademark sparse, journalistic style. Though I don’t use it as my main markdown editor, I’ve been thinking about ways it can be useful in a variety of learning tasks.
Once writin...