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Olafur Eliasson: Nuggets from The Art of Design (Netflix Design Series)
Where have I been?!? I just discovered Olafur Eliasson, the great Danish-Icelandic installation artist, by watching the first of the Netflix series, Abstract: The Art of Design. Here are some quotes from the show: Carol Becker, Professor of Arts and Dean of Faculty at Columbia University School of the Arts, about Olafur’s installation, The New York City Waterfalls: He must be so sure of his ideas to take that risk. Her words made me think about my ideas. Am I confident about my vision? How confident am I or do…
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Interactive Augmented Reality (AR) Business Card (#30DaysXR, Day 1)
YouTube is a treasure trove of learning possibilities. My latest and first 2022 learning adventure involved learning to build an AR-enhanced business card. Voila! Here it is. To play in AR mode, scan the QR code. You can download a QR code scanner from your mobile phone’s store (Apple App store or Google Play). Acknowledgements: Much appreciation to Monica of Academic Phoenix Plus for the tutorials. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with the world. Create an Interactive Augmented Reality (AR) Business Card (1/2) Create an Interactive Augmented…
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#ProjectXR
I’ve embarked on a journey to learn all I can about Extended Reality: #ProjectXR. Three years ago (October 15, 2018), I had tried to learn about XR in a Coursera course (Getting Started with Augmented Reality, Institut Mines-Télécom), but it didn’t stick until I developed a course on it myself. The course I created for MIT xPRO with Emeritus: Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. To dive deeper into XR, I began to learn more about XR and XR app development through targeted search: Self-paced courses/articles *Construct a Virtual Reality Experience,…
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The Joke’s On Them
You’re feeling nervous, aren’t you, boy? With your quiet voice and impeccable style Don’t ever let them steal your joy And your gentle ways To keep ’em from running wild They can kick dirt in your face Dress you down, and tell you that your place Is in the middle, when they hate the way you shine I see you tugging on your shirt Trying to hide inside of it And hide how much it hurts Let ’em laugh while they can Let ’em spin, let ’em scatter in the…
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Neurodiversity, Good leadership, and Being Different
I’ve been communicating with a deaf friend more recently, and I also gleaned a few tweets and LinkedIn posts that really resonated with me. All these made me want to capture them in this blog post. First, about being different. I’ve been fortunate during my formative years to be placed in a school where we were encouraged to be self-directed and excel in whatever we do. But coming over to the USA, I have found that being different in schools and workplaces is not something that is always accepted and…
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A Particular Set of Skills
Liam Neeson’s name was trending on Twitter on June 26. It appears that his movie, Ice Road, is now showing on Netflix, hence the volume of tweets about him. One tweet caught my eye: Liam Neeson in response to the ransom caller in Taken (2009), said: I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don’t have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very…
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Becoming an Entrepreneurial Instructional Designer: Know What Sets You Apart
This is the age of the side hustle. As a multipassionate and multipotential person, I want to experiment and grow with my different giftings through my side hustle. I have started consulting work as a side gig using my Adobe Captivate, graphic and motion design skills. This doesn’t mean I’m not going to hold a fulltime job. My side hustle is a side hustle; it’s not my main occupation. My next growth phase as an instructional designer (ID)/learning designer is to learn to become more self-directed in securing and working…
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We are More Than Our Resumes
There are some things that resumes may reveal and much more that cannot be revealed. On LinkedIn, I have seen some people foreground their Ivy-League professional certificate obtained after a few weeks, as if they received a four-year undergraduate or two-year graduate degree there; I get it, all in the hopes of catching a recruiter’s eye. This is still very much a credential-obsessed world we live in. Pedigree matters in many organizations. I have also come across people who lie about their positions, having been terminated long past the date…
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Drawing of the Day: Character Design Using Illustrator
The internet is full of learning resources. If you are a complete beginner, I highly recommend Gareth David’s free Complete Beginner’ Guide to Adobe Illustrator. With more practice under my belt, I’ve been able to draw these characters faster. Never give up practising and learning. P.S. The concept for this picture came from Nataliya Dolotko — I am merely the student. Please check her out on Envato Tutsplus.
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It’s Official! I’m a Verified Adobe Certified Professional in Captivate
Official Badge Link I am feeling emotional about this accomplishment; it has been a journey to get to this destination. I taught myself to use Adobe Captivate round about 2004 while I was still a Master’s student. I used it to create software simulations and tutorials for Blackboard LMS support at Syracuse University. The software was not as robust then and ownership belonged to Macromedia. Adobe acquired Macromedia in 2006. Captivate has now become a full-fledged elearning authoring tool. It has extended its capabilities to many possibilities. I was amazed…
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What is Your Course Built Around?
Let me repeat: What is your course / learning solution / training built around? Who is the focus of this learning solution? Instructional designers, together with your content expert: we need to do this check because what you think you have done well for the course may not turn out well for the learner. In an online course I’m now enrolled in as a learner, it is obvious to me that the course is built around the CDROM content. Learners are expected to watch the CDROM videos and complete the CDROM exercises,…
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Concept and Technique: How to Build a Digital Escape Room
Background This is a hot topic among many K12 teachers, and we could definitely use this in higher ed and in industry. Last November, I was inspired by a session at AECT to make a digital escape room. If you have access to this AECT 2020 session, it’s called Escape Rooms: Pedagogy without Borders. The presenters were Tracy Russo, Ferris State University; Kalianne Lund Neumann, Andrea Ramirez Salgado, and Frances M Alvarado-Albertorio, all from Oklahoma State University. Check out their article, Online Approaches for Implementing a Digital Escape Room with…
