{"id":2707,"date":"2023-01-12T21:55:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T02:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.designedtoinspire.com\/blog\/?p=2707"},"modified":"2026-11-11T22:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T03:03:45","slug":"the-convergence-of-messy-and-magical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.designedtoinspire.com\/blog\/the-convergence-of-messy-and-magical\/","title":{"rendered":"The Convergence of Messy and Magical"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can point to a few pivotal moments and people who impacted my future direction.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designedtoinspire.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2459&amp;action=edit\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.designedtoinspire.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2459&amp;action=edit\"> I&#8217;ve written about it before.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joanne-tzanis\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joanne-tzanis\/\">taught online by Joanne Tzanis<\/a>. I was blown away by the possibilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fast forward to the end of 2005 when I started to follow the blogs of distance and online learning educators, and I saw a blog post by Terry Anderson about his <a href=\"https:\/\/virtualcanuck.ca\/2005\/12\/07\/online-end-of-class-party\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/virtualcanuck.ca\/2005\/12\/07\/online-end-of-class-party\/\">Online End of Class Party that he wrote about on his Virtual Canuk blog<\/a>. I posted about it <a href=\"https:\/\/jmaddrell.blogspot.com\/2005\/12\/virtual-canuck-online-end-of-class.html\">on my Blogger (!) account on Friday, December 09, 2005.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I start this new semester, I think about the impact of these moments and people. While the technology to support online learning has changed, the possibilities and issues haven&#8217;t. I&#8217;ve often referred to online learning as the convergence of messy and magical. Take a minute to read Dr. Anderson&#8217;s blog, and you&#8217;ll know what I mean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Featured Image Photo by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@grakozy?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Greg Rakozy<\/a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/oMpAz-DN-9I?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/ZFpWLhm2rao\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/OQ0zP6AS2DI\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@grakozy\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can point to a few pivotal moments and people who impacted my future direction. I&#8217;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. 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