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…
Hot off the press! I just came across the 1,400+ page OPEN ACCESS “2023 Handbook of Open, Distance, and Digital Education” with many of my favorite scholars, including Martin Weller, Terry Anderson, Michael Molenda, Rick West, Patrick Lowenthal, and many, many more! Wowzy! I’m blown away. Featured Image Photo by Dmitry Ratushny on Unsplash
Here is a recap of a Framegame (by Thiagi) that I conducted toward the end of last semester. The book provides great insights into facilitating an educational game … I amended the core approaches to work within an online setting. Audience: The audience for the session included a group of educators who meet online Thursday…
In one of my online classes, a few of us have been having a sidebar discussion on the human interaction that we feel as "missing" in an online learning environment. We've had some great back and forth "conversations" in the asynchronous discussion forum that began when a fellow online classmate made the statement, "I can't help but…