Jen Vanek, a colleague who works at World Education, recently published an article titled Supporting Quality Instruction: Building Teacher Capacity as Instructional Designers in Adult Literacy Education that considered how the roles of educators are shifting. Jen suggests it’s becoming necessary for teachers to, “build their capacity to design technology-rich instruction that meets the needs […]
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I binged several episodes of Binging with Babish. With over 9 million subscribers, it’s clear he has a video creation approach that’s highly appealing. As someone who spends a fair amount of time creating helper videos for students, I was struck by his approach of filming the task and then narrating the edited video to
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I updated my course resources on student data use and privacy this year. Likely no better time than now to brush up on the legal and ethical implications of engaging students in online spaces. The Student Privacy Compass Website Highlights is a great place to start: Featured Research Photo by Jason Dent on Unsplash
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h/t to Ivy Xu for a fun roundup of AI tools that took me down several fun rabbit holes tonight! Featured Image Photo by Philip Strong on Unsplash
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As we kick off a new semester, the university where I teach hosted an AI webinar today under the heading of “Navigating the Brave New World of Generative AI in Higher Education.” It was an informative session that came from a position of what could be described as a resigned curiosity. No one was seeking
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In my course, we have a series of readings contemplating ethics in design. I highlight the following paragraph for student reflection and discussion as it does a good job of framing what we’re doing this semester from Moore (2014, p. 192): “In short, the application of design to ethics suggests that rather than identifying the
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I’ve started a deeper dive into Chapter 18 titled Online Infrastructures for Open Educational Resources (OER) in the massive Handbook of Open, Distanceand Digital Education. It aligns closely with a current project, as well as a long interest I’ve had in creating and distributing OER for the benefit of adult foundational skills education. This chapter
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On January 13, 2023, Dr. Alec Couros hosted a seminar on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in teaching & learning. The slides and key resources are posted now, and a recording of the session will be added to this post once it’s available. Alec is a pioneering online educator and researcher – and a very smart dude!
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I just published my Spring 2023 course in Canvas. Excited to start new adventures with my students during the next 15 weeks! Featured Image Photo by Lan Gao on Unsplash
I can point to a few pivotal moments and people who impacted my future direction. I’ve written about it before. In 2005, I was antsy to try something new. I grabbed a copy of the NYU continuing education catalog and signed up for a couple of courses, including an instructional design class. It happened to
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