From Word Docs in a File to a Non-Linear Visual Knowledge Base using Markdown
Our team maintains a library of basic research about eLearning vendors we’ve worked with, or may explore in future. Until now, these files were...
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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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Planning a Complex Project with FoldingText and Markdown MindMaps
I recently started planning a three-day live training event with a colleague, in which we had to design several active learning experiences, with the...
Testing the H5P.org Twitter Widget
I have long been a fan of the h5p.org project, a collection of open source learning objects written completely in HTML5 technologies to add...
Use a URL as a Strong Password? #CrazyTalk
I don’t know if this is actually a good idea or not, but hear me out (and please comment below!): Can a URL be...
HTML5 Presentations from Markdown to Reveal.js
This video shows you how you can quickly convert a Markdown formatted presentation outline into an HTML5 presentation using Reveal.js. I think this method...
Black Menu for Chrome: All Your Google Tools At Your Fingertips
This week I discovered Black Menu for Chrome, an extension that lets you access any of your Google tools from a dropdown in the...
Replace your Firefox and Chrome Plugins with Bookmarklets for Cross-Platform Productivity
Two of the most popular posts here on TedCurran.net deal with replacing your too-huge collection of browser extensions for Firefox and Chrome to improve your browser’s...
Free Tools, the Distorted Web, Privacy, and Your Students’ Critical Thinking Skills
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...
Search Large Creative Commons Images from the Chrome Omnibar
When I’m doing a creative project (or just working on a presentation) I am always looking for large, beautiful photos bearing a Creative Commons...
Icebreakers
Nothing keeps up class morale than silly games. Usually, I do these at the beginning of the year to help get to know the...
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