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My affinity for the promise of the Massive Open Online Course, or MOOC, is well documented. However, while enrolled with thousands of colleagues I did identify the experience as disconnected from my daily practice. I sometimes wanted to brainstorm with local… Continue Reading →
Your online content is only a portion of your blended learning environment. Tagxedo – Tag Cloud with Styles You are the same teacher online as in the classroom. However, the duration of it your written words online compared to the spoken… Continue Reading →
EDU Graphic Design K12 teachers do not go to college to learn how to design online components around their content. So when we learn nice tips and tricks the collegial thing to do is to share. If your school or… Continue Reading →
How’s that Paperless Classroom Coming Along? I kid, I kid. But seriously, how did I know? Every teacher with – piles of paper, paper cuts to spare, and a need to find that one paper that student swears she turned… Continue Reading →
Classroom teaching is as much art as science. You can see this in action observing a face-to-face class. Teachers are constantly assessing students, providing feedback, and managing pacing for students as needed. So don’t wonder why teachers are apprehensive to move… Continue Reading →
In my eLearning role I hear and try to respond to the call for more trainings, more in-depth training. But what are teachers really asking for? Time. I hear calls for more in-depth training. But what are teachers really asking… Continue Reading →
Day 21/30 in the #AprilBlogaDay Challenge. Yesterday’s prompt was what am I working on? Several things, but my overarching strategy is to improve my skill set as an instructional designer. What makes that especially challenging is I have never been a… Continue Reading →
Today #AprilBlogaDay asked what is my passion project? Before I answered, I took a look at what I really pour myself into at work and came up with personalized professional learning. I am lucky. I am in a sweet spot… Continue Reading →
Our instructional technology department was new in 2009. And almost immediately we were interested in a Learning Management System (LMS). I remember asking our technical counterparts about Moodle and the resistance with which that was met. It was obvious the technical side… Continue Reading →
You know the feeling, you’ve sat through this professional learning before. Huh, no, the title is different. I think we had M&Ms for a snack the last time I was trained on this-same-thing, but the feeling is the same. We have… Continue Reading →
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