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...
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July 8, 2024
Adaptive and “Pseudo-adaptive” LMS Feedback
Whenever we build a one-size-fits-all learning experience for all students to move through independently, we should think about how the learner will get personalized...
June 6, 2024
Save The Planet! A Modern WebQuest
This post describes how I created a WebQuest using modern eLearning authoring tools, AI content generation, and streaming video.
June 6, 2024
If You Want Microlearning, Think About Learning Objectives
We instructional designers are trained to think about learning objectives from the very beginning of a project, to design backwards from the outcomes we...
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Stages of Learning and Edtech Improvements
There are multiple stages each learner goes through in the process of learning something new. Learning (as well as “online learning” and “eLearning” and...
Interactive PDFs for eLearning – How and Why?
I was struck when I joined the world of corporate training about how widespread the use of interactive PDFs was as an eLearning tool...
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...
“This is important, tell me why it’s great” – A Fallacy
One training mistake I see a lot is a sign that we need to stop and think deeper.
Old Man Yells at Gamified Learning
Sure, games are fun. But #gamification often falls short of its promises and fails to produce the learning goals we want. #learningdesign
Some Love for the Mozilla Web Literacy Standards
I wanted to drop in a quick plug for familiarizing ourselves with the Mozilla Web Literacy Standards and 21st Century Skills. Though edtechies have lots of...
Researching the Blockchain in EdTech
The Blockchain in Education: Research Questions Audrey Watters recently posted a great set of research questions for thinking through the ways blockchain technology might...
Against Dead Air in Education(al Multimedia)
In my first career, I was an AVID video editor and worked in Hollywood editing television shows for Paramount TV, MTV, E Entertainment, Lifetime,...
Planning a High School Digital Storytelling Class
A friend is moving to Korea to start teaching a digital storytelling class to high school age students. He asked for some thoughts to...
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