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As I contemplate my next deep dive in the US Census, I realize I know very little about it’s history and logistics. Beyond an understanding that “it” happens every ten years, the rest of my knowledge is fuzzy. Fortunately, the census.gov website gives the history. Here are some highlights: The first census in 1790 was […]

A common reaction to unintended consequences of innovation is to ban the new “thing”. So, I shouldn’t be surprised when I read articles like this in Fast Company outlining a bill proposed by legislators to ban smartphones in all California schools. However, for nearly 15 years, I’ve studied education and the use of technology to

h/t to Krista Greear for pointing our Designers for Learning team to a couple of websites dedicated to accessibility-related topics: DIAGRAM (an acronym for Digital Image And Graphic Resources for Accessible Materials) Center: “Established in 2010 (see Press Release here), the DIAGRAM Center is a research and development center whose goal is to dramatically change

Jeff and I finished our accessibility session today at #IACEA and capped off our day with dinner with my husband. We had internet/technology glitches for the first 10 minutes of our 75 minute session but we pulled it off by switching between two laptops tethering to the internet via our phones. Fortunately, we have screenshots

I arrived in Springfield just in time to catch the end of Jeff’s session at the #IACEA conference. He was reviewing free and open materials that align with the College and Career Readiness standards. At the end, attendees shared how much they appreciated his hard work to curate and present resources to support adult education.

Calling all edu-nerds! A new open access (yay!) citation caught my eye today: Sweller, J., van Merriënboer, J. J. G., & Paas, F. (2019). Cognitive Architecture and Instructional Design: 20 Years Later. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-019-09465-5 I don’t have time for a deep dive today, but this is added to my “must read” pile. I

Historically, the New Media Consortium (NMC) and its annual Horizon Report was a good source of information about “what’s next” and “what’s on the minds of educators”. Now that the NMC has been acquired by EDUCAUSE, I’ve started using their surveys as ways to frame perceived need (in papers and presentations) and to consider projects

As I’ve been chewing on this week, here is the latest iteration of the lead paragraphs for an upcoming proposal related to accessibility: Accessibility is a top concern for educational professionals. In a recent survey by EDUCAUSE Learning Initiatives, the 1,400+ respondents placed Accessibility and Universal Design for Learning (e.g., “implementing effective practices and course