Khan Academy – Style Videos? Explore Your Tools and Find Your Own Style
A faculty recently approached me asking how he could produce Khan Academy – style video lessons. He was looking for an Android tablet equivalent...
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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 4:5 Rule” : Lecture Capture Video for the Internet Attention Span
How long is too long for a lecture? Teachers can commonly spend upwards of 45 minutes lecturing in class. This arbitrary time frame is...
#TIL “Today I Learned”: A Fun Web Meme that’s Great for Promoting Metacognition
Readers of Twitter and Reddit will likely recognize the hashtag #TIL. It stands for “Today I Learned”, and is used with a new and...
Saving Universities in the Era of MOOCs: How Service-Oriented Schools can Add Value in the Online Learning Boom
This past year has brought a massive amount of attention to Massive Open Online Courses, and much speculation about what they mean for traditional...
Why Write for Paper? Or ‘How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love HTML’
I’ve been blabbering on recently about #Markdown here on TedCurran.net, and I just managed to interest a roomful of seemingly sane people why putting...
Downloading YouTube: The Definitive Guide for Teachers
Picture this: You stayed up all last night preparing an amazing lecture, complete with the perfect YouTube video to illustrate the concept for your...
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...
“Can’t Live Without” Apps– Mac & Windows Apps I Install Immediately Upon Getting a New Computer
This week at work, they replaced my ailing but valiant Dell XP laptop with a new HP Windows7 notebook for work, and then surprised...
Secure Your Social Identity Across All Sites with NameChk.com
If you are trying to create a branded online identity, it helps to have a consistent username across all of the major sites. With...
Over-Extending your Firefox with Extensions? Use Different Firefox-Powered Browsers for Different Tasks!
Everyone loves Firefox because there are so many great user-created Add-Ons that make your web browser into much, much more. Add-ons allow you to...
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