Another Mega Web Site Roundup
This mega web site round up will take a looooonngggg time to go through. Look like some oldies, but also some new goodies!
This mega web site round up will take a looooonngggg time to go through. Look like some oldies, but also some new goodies!
A reminder to visit the conference web site for the 24th Annual 2008 Distance Learning Conference to be held August 5 – 8, 2008 in my home state of Wisconsin (Go Badgers). The deadline for proposals is January 15th. Recordings of past sessions are in the Resources Library section. Also, check out the link to…
We all have blind spots (e.g., being unable to understand something or to see how important something is) when we are learning about something new. For instructional designers, blind spots come with the territory as we’re always learning something new. One of the biggest challenges is how do we start something new when we don’t know what we don’t…
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…
As I continue reading The Purpose Economy by Aaron Hurst, I want to spend time thinking about the three core categories of purpose he outlines, including 1) Personal purpose, 2) Social purpose, and 3) Societal purpose. From my interpretation, personal purpose relates to what we asked participants at our exhibit booth during the 2015 AECT convention. The question “What impact will you make?”…
For some time now, my buddy Dave has been sifting through notions of rhizomes in his blog, in a recent journal article, with colleagues, and on various webcasts at EdTechTalk.com. While he certainly isn’t the first to consider the concept or term "rhizome", he has spent a good deal of time and effort extending the…
News that I will be heading to the graduation ceremony at Indiana University on Saturday, December 15th and starting the PhD program in Instructional Design and Technology at Old Dominion University a few weeks later in January of ’08. It looks to be a great program with awesome people. The PhD program is offered with…