Big Data Requires Big Compassion
A friend reminded me of the site Spurious Correlations, which shows absurd “relationships” between data that couldn’t possibly be related– though it’s fun to...
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...
This post describes how I created a WebQuest using modern eLearning authoring tools, AI content generation, and streaming video.
We instructional designers are trained to think about learning objectives from the very beginning of a project, to design backwards from the outcomes we...
A friend reminded me of the site Spurious Correlations, which shows absurd “relationships” between data that couldn’t possibly be related– though it’s fun to...
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...
My previous post on using MOOC technology to Support Educators to Support Students generated quite a bit of interest, and I realized there was more...
In the previous post, Saving Universities in the Era of MOOCs, I discuss the value proposition of traditional universities, and how those values are...
In response to Anya Kamenetz‘ post, Let them Eat iPads? Thanks for posing the issue this way. I was a charter school teacher...
Promoting Interaction in Your Assignments – Broadband from Samuel Merritt U Academic Tech on Vimeo. Do you wish you could make one change...
Response to The Trouble with Online College, NY Times I think this article is right on the money about the challenges of online learning—...
I just attended the Flipped Classroom conference yesterday and it gave me a chance to think carefully about how we might approach flipping instruction...
Until I saw this TED talk, I didn’t care much that free Web 2.0 tools like Google and Facebook were collecting massive dossiers of...
This post discusses how to build your own Personal (or Professional) Learning Network. Instead of starting by telling you which tools to...