Does Your EdTech Fit You Like an Iron Man Suit?
One of the thrilling features of the Iron Man movies is the idea that Tony Stark can step into a mechanized robot suit and...
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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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The Changing Role of Faculty: From Traditional Ed to Competency Based Education
The role of the instructor has become ever more complex in the last century as technology, pedagogy, and student expectations have advanced with the...
Teachers: Use ChromeCast for Wireless Presentations on Desktop and Mobile
As a teacher and frequent presenter, I always carry a MacBook Pro DVI to VGA adapter in my bag so I can connect to...
Teacher as Curator: Capture and Organize Learning Materials with Web 2.0 Tools
I’m excited to announce that this post is now featured in the curriculum of the eCampus Ontario Canada teacher micro-credentialing program! So glad that this content...
Content Delivery Isn’t Instruction but it’s Still Important to Do Well
I religiously read Audrey Watters’ Hack Education blog, often finding that I agree with her in principle and then disagree about the details of...
How to Use Online Learning Tools to Increase Interaction and Improve Learning Outcomes
Promoting Interaction in Your Assignments – Broadband from Samuel Merritt U Academic Tech on Vimeo. Do you wish you could make one change...
Letter to a budding Instructional Designer: Getting Started Designing in Instructure’s Canvas LMS
I was recently asked to email a friend-of-a-friend, a librarian who was asked to do some Instructional Design in Canvas LMS. I’m reprinting my...
Reflections on Flipped Classroom after #CUEFlipTour
I just attended the Flipped Classroom conference yesterday and it gave me a chance to think carefully about how we might approach flipping instruction...
The ‘Angry Birds’ Guide to Online Lesson Design
(This post is part of a series called “The Connected Class Community”). A popular reason for exploring gamification in online learning is because we...
Take and Annotate Screenshots with Open Source Tools: ZScreen and Paint.net
Online teachers and instructional designers need access to good tools for capturing screenshots and annotating them. These tools are invaluable for giving step-by-step computer...
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