Murphy’s Mantras for LMS Evaluation
Comment on What’s Really to Blame for the Failures of Our Learning-Management Systems by Michael Feldstein. This post does a great job of summarizing...
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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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Develop Focused Research Questions for LMS Evaluation
I’ve been through a few LMS evaluation processes, and I’ve assisted others via Quora.com and commenters on my blog. One thing I’m always amazed...
Who Needs Gamification?! Student-Centered Lesson Design Using Just Your LMS
2011 brought us the buzzword craze of “gamification” in education, or the quest to make learning online more like a video game. Inspired by...
Open Source or Proprietary LMS? Your Answer, My Friend, Is Floating In the Cloud
A colleague recently asked me if I could explain the distinction between open source and proprietary learning management systems, especially as it might affect...
LMS Disruption– Free Web 2.0 Tools Can Co-Exist with the Centralized LMS
[Question from a colleague] It appears that OpenClass has the same mission as Canvas – OpenClass: “disrupt technology for education”, Canvas: “disrupting the Learning...
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...
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...
LMS Evaluation: Which Tools do Faculty Really Use? (Updated)
During the process of evaluating Blackboard as our Learning Management System (LMS), we came to a basic and fundamental question: “Which tools do faculty...
“The Golden Apple”: Showing Students that Their Learning Matters
(This post is part of a series called “The Connected Class Community”). The Golden Apple is the most cryptic and strange of all of...
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