Professional Development Needs to Be Part of Life
One of the most frustrating things about Professional Development (for both teachers and trainers) is that it’s difficult to get teachers together, and then...
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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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MakerSpaces in Education | Horizon Report 2014
One of the emerging trends from the 2014 NMC Horizon Report is the growing prevalence of MakerSpaces in education. MakerSpaces (also called HackerSpaces) are places where...
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...
The Connected Class Community [C3]: An Approach to Online Course Design
Our university is evaluating Learning Management Systems right now, and comparing the features of Blackboard 9.1, MoodleRooms Joule, and Instructure‘s Canvas LMS has...
Reflecting on Reflection in Ed.
Image by lrargerich via Flickr In Jez’ e-Rambler blog, he meditates on the importance of reflection in education. Researchers have long known that reflection...
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