Educational podcasts: where are they?
You would think that educational institutions would be all-over the podcasting technology, but they’re not. At least they haven’t been in 2006. There are exceptions, but as a rule educators are missing...
View ArticleTroubleshooting your Java problems in Blackboard
In the first blog post and podcast of Instructional Design Now I give you a tip on how to help yourself be helped when you suspect a Java problem in Blackboard. One of the most common culprits of...
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Give the Internet a break!
That’s right, please give the Internet a break. Don’t blame it for being slow sometimes, or maybe being broke when you most need it. If you truly understood how the Internet works, I think you’d be...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Java problems on a Mac
Mac users, just like Windows users, have issues with Java sometimes. Here’s a screencast that explains how you can begin the troubleshooting process before calling the friendly support person. For...
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Grabbing attention with the thematic and visual impact of words
Wordle is a tool that can help you visually demonstrate to your students what a passage of text is about, what the author was emphasizing in their writing. The above word cloud was created based on the...
View ArticleCommon elements of effective screencasts
People research the darndest things. I found this useful article published in the online journal, The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, about common elements and...
View ArticleHow Apple is changing the future of e-Learning
One of the frustrating aspects of supporting people in their e-Learning experience at a university — faculty and students — is that far too often support calls boil down to help with technical issues....
View ArticleA technique to encourage critical thinking in online disucssions
In online education the tool most often relied upon to encourage interaction among students and instructors is the discussion forum. Mostly asynchronous discussions. It can be an effective tool if...
View ArticleFuture of the textbook
I saw an interesting presentation by the co-founders of Smarthistory.org, Beth Harris and Steven Zucker, sponsored by UMassOnline on October 1 (more, detailed info). Smarthistory.org is a project to...
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5 Mac apps that can improve your work efficiency
Here are 5 applications that I use every day on my Mac, making my work life a bit easier. If you’re a Mac person, please leave a comment with your favorite work productivity apps and how you use them....
View ArticleWhen professors go wild! Cell phone edition
There seems to be an Web meme of capturing video of professors going crazy in live classes. Because more and more classes are video taped and posted online, more of these videos are surfacing. For your...
View ArticleWeekend reading – 3 Dec 2010
Weekend reading for your pleasure and edification … Seth Godin says “Once you overload the user, you train them not to pay attention. More clutter isn’t free. In fact, more clutter is a permanent...
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