iOS is Cool but Android is Better — Fight Me!
I tried to get into Apple’s iPhone after years as a happy Android user, but even in 2022 there are significant areas where the...
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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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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...
Notifications in Online Learning: Alert with Care
Online learning tools like LMSes and 3rd party apps offer a variety of ways to notify learners of key events in their course. The...
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
Always Know Where Your Towel (and File) Is
So after reading this guy’s rant about how terrible his experience with iTunes is, it reminded me of a big “I told you so”...
When BitTorrent Sync is the Right EdTech Tool
You can think of BitTorrent Sync as “Dropbox without the Cloud”. Not to be confused with the underlying technology of BitTorrent, this is a...
Reflection: 6 Objections to Technology in Higher Ed
This is a reflection on Joshua Kim’s article, 6 Objections to Technology in Higher Ed. I’m going to address each of the major points,...
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...
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...
Teaching For a Future Where Humans are Obsolete
One of the hardest things about teaching young students is actually envisioning the ways the world will be different when they’re ready to join...
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