My network of instructional design colleagues is vast, but today it felt very small. While the news of the day is still raw, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on those in our network who work or go to school at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. To my fellow ODU alumnus, […]
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Designers for Learning will be well represented at this year’s AECT convention in Las Vegas. At last count, here are the seven confirmed sessions related to our work: Designing for Accessibility | Panel as part of the Graduate Student Assembly Design Teams in Action | Perspectives from Observers | Panel as part of the Design
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I’ve been reading students’ papers all weekend, including one on open textbooks. It raises a host of amazing issues to ponder, including the roles of publishers, educators, and learners. Maybe that’s why it seemed like I saw a ton of textbook coverage on Twitter today, including this one on EdSurge titled “Predictions of Print Textbooks’
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A few days ago, I linked to the 2019 Horizon Report. Since then, I’ve seen a few articles digesting the contents, including this one in Campus Technology titled, “3 Ed Tech Trends Stuck on the Horizon (and Why)”. This article does a nice job of summarizing the Horizon Report’s coverage of three technologies that have
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In both my masters and doctoral programs in education, I didn’t take (nor do I think I was offered) a course on designing for accessibility. I was also an assistant editor of an education journal for a number of years and I don’t recall many (any?) submissions regarding designing for accessibility. Therefore, I’m thrilled that
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Anyone in the Chicago area is welcome to join the next Chicago Literacy Alliance Confab on May 15th from 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM CDT. These free monthly events focus on literacy-related issues and are hosted at the CLA’s Literacenter, the coworking space we share as CLA members. As noted in the event registration: This
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Continuing the work of the New Media Consortium, Educause published the 2019 Horizon Report. Much like prior editions, this year’s report considers trends, significant challenges, and important developments in educational technology. Paralleling areas of focus in our work, the report discusses the trends, challenges, and developments associated with: Improving Digital Fluency Increasing Demand for Digital
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Happy 50th anniversary to the Open University! As noted in this BBC article marking the anniversary, [The Open University] was set up to bring degree-level learning to people who had not had the chance to go to a traditional campus, and pioneered long-distance study. The university teamed up with the BBC to produce course programmes,
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The Changing Landscape of Online Education (CHLOE): Behind the Numbers was released on March 29th. The report by Quality Matters and Eduventures identifies institutional approaches to online learning. It will take me some to make my way through this report, but here is an infographic highlighting the contents. One area that jumps out is the
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