Yay! I’m happy to announce our AECT workshop on Accessibility was accepted! If you’re interested in crafting a paper, research proposal, or other project to explore an accessibility-related topic, consider joining our AECT workshop. More to follow …
Accessing and reading Internet content on a mobile device is a pain. It is typically very slow and hard to view. While some sites have optimized their content for users who access the site on a mobile device (Google, Yahoo! and Bloglines just to name a few), the mobile Internet experience is generally bad and…
Designers for Learning currently has five teams of advanced instructional design students completing open educational resources for adults working to improve their literacy and other vital skills. One of the hardest aspects of their design challenge is becoming familiar with the needs, the learners, and the adult basic skills educational context. ProLiteracy, the largest adult…
I was recently asked if I knew of any "e-portfolio" solutions. I consider this site to be a sort of e-portfolio that contains and organizes my thoughts on technology and instructional design, including my submitted course work in my Masters program. I find it very valuable to maintain my site as a sort of working…
IDT873 Maddrell Concept Abstract 6 – Upload a Document to Scribd IDT 873 Abstracts: Concepts Jennifer Maddrell Klausmeier, H. J., & Feldman, K. V. (1975). Effects of a definition and a varying number of examples and nonexamples on concept attainment. Journal of Educational Psychology, 67(2), 174-178. Research Purpose and focus. Klausmeier and Feldman (1975) focused…
Not much to write since it is my first day of classes in my new doctoral program at Old Dominion University, but I felt a “first day” post was somehow newsworthy – even Tom gave me a, “Be a good girl, have a good time, and learn a lot ” so it must have meant…
Mind the gap. From our early days in school, we’re told of the importance of conducting literature reviews as a means of finding “the gap” in the literature that will guide our work. However, most of us ignored this advice and launched into our early projects doing things backward. Instead of starting with a literature…