Instructional Design, Online Courseware
Using Tinderbox to Review an Online Course for ADA Compliance After almost 18 months, I still consider myself a TB novice. This application is presently a work-in-progress, but might be of interest to some forum members. I have to review an online course to ensure it...
Technology Talking Circle
Pearltrees: Social Media that Doesn’t Waste Time I tend to be a luddite when it comes to social media. Usually, what I gain from browsing social media doesn’t feel worth the time spent. I mean, how many silly dog/cat/baby videos can you watch? Meanwhile, Facebook,...
Technology Talking Circle
Mapping Out Your Knowledge How do you keep track of what you’re learning? When you have to tackle a complex new subject, how do you figure out how its parts hang together? One tool worth trying for these learning tasks is mind mapping. Mind Map Defined A mind map is a...
Instructional Design, Technical Communications
Minimalist Instructions At IAIA we’ve had trouble getting students oriented to our three campus systems. email online registration Blackboard LMS This term, we decided to reduce orientation week training to a minimum and to give students a ready reference to basic...
Authoring, Instructional Design
Online Simulation Development and Testing Notes Some of my books have required development of over 70 online simulations; each of which must work perfectly. As an author and multimedia developer, I’ve been responsible for hundreds of multimedia videos and...
Instructional Design, Online Courseware
Asking students about what they know at the beginning of the course can offer very useful ideas for adaptations of the course material to better meet their...
