Scaffolding, babies, and bathwater – #MOOCMOOC
Today began an exploration into critical pedagogy and in particular taking a critical look at Instructional Design. What is interesting here is that I’m just […]
Instructional design
When teaching online doesn’t mean ‘at a distance’
I was introduced to the study of education through an online masters degree. My masters was an excellent program, and as such, it has set […]
Looking for advice on class collaboration tool
I am designing an online course for a college certificate program on Engaging Mobile Learners. One of the activities in the course is to have learners […]
Are professional education master’s programs broken?
Education is a weird field of study (at least in North America). The undergraduate degree in education is a professional degree, intended to provide certification […]
MOOCs and Online Learning #wweopen13
Various discussions at the MOOC symposium and eLearning, highlights that one of the side effects of the popularity of MOOCs in the US has been […]
eLearning Project Management Triangle
In project management, engineers have long told project managers that they can have it: Fast, Cheap, or Good – pick any two. The idea is […]
Ease-of-use and Usefulness as Measures of Attrition in MOOCs (#CFHE12)
As I reflect upon my participation in this MOOC (#CFHE12) and the MOOC that just ended (#MOBIMOOC), it occurs to me that MOOC design could […]
Using a MOOC to Teach Emerging Technologies #MOOCMOOC
One of the suggestions for today's #MOOCMOOC activities is to "Outline, draft, narrate, or otherwise create a plan for your own MOOC". I had actually […]
Context is king
In the 90s and early 21st century, a common expression in eLearning was that “content is king”. What that meant was that when you created […]
Theories – descriptive/prescriptive learning theories / instructional design theories
Today’s big idea is about theories – the different between descriptive theories and prescriptive theories and two specific types of theories: learning theories and instructional-design […]