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PD Forever: Always Sharpening the Saw
Happy 2021! This is my first post for the year! I’ve written in the past (2016) about my super power as an instructional designer (ID) (someone actually asked me this question!). I wrote: What makes me extraordinary or good at what I do? My mind. In order to continue being extraordinarily good at my work, I have to keep sharpening this mind of mine and looking for ways to be creative. During this winter break, I completed a WebAIM document accessibility course that started in October 20 (Finally done! I…
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Domain Blues and Webhosting Services
Here’s a novella about a fiasco over domain renewal by ZH. ME: renews add-on domain on time on November 24, 2018 BH: emails me Nov 28 that add-on domain expired 4 days after I renewed ME: live chat 1 Nov 28 BH: all will be well and taken care of BH: Nov 29 lets domain expire ME: live chat 2 Nov 29-30 BH: site will be up within 4-12 hours ME: live chat 3 BH: will be fixed 24-48 hours ME: phone call BH: can’t establish timeline for problem-solving I’ve…
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SXSWEDU 2018: Things I Remember
Check out the following padlet for things I learned at the conference. Padlet URL: https://padlet.com/ywbkreher/6qk74qw8wvbb
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Practical Formative Assessment Tools
I had the privilege of using some formative assessment tools in my face-to-face classes the last semester. That is, instead of suggesting tools for faculty to integrate in their lessons. This is a good thing — to learn and implement, research and practice– the symbiosis we instructional designers need to acquire or develop as education professionals. Both facets are equally important in helping us become great designers and educators. I call these tools “practical” because they are not time-consuming to use, nor is there a steep learning curve. The following are tech tools I…
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Guerra Scale of Interactivity
Guerra Scale of Interactivity. Have you come across this typology? I stumbled upon it on a job ad for a learning designer. A search reveals that the creators were Guerra and Heffernan, then learning technology practitioners at Paychex. The article (see Reference below) is now not viewable under The Association for Talent Development (ATD, formerly ASTD). However, a few folks have discussed this in some form. Ivan Teh sums it up in his blog with key online references by MindEdge Learning Workshop; Anbar, Bolbol, Everett & Ozguven (their article); K. C., Lim in Digital…
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In Perth Again, Virtually: ASCILITE 2015
The last time I was physically present in Perth, Australia, was an angsty period in my life. It was the one and only time that I had permed my hair (see pic below). Today, I encountered Perth again — virtually! Through the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning and Tertiary Education Conference (#ASCILITE2015). [Note: Transcript is on the way! My apologies.] Vaguely, I had some notion of a conference going on in Australia but was occupied by a full schedule of life events. Maha Bali notified me about a session that Virtually…
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Screenreaders, Twitter and OCR
In between living with sink-lessness and unpacking in my old-new home, I find some time to read the #DigiWriMo tweets. After my guest blog post on Digital Inclusion, there were several people who tweeted about the Twitter tips and how my suggestions might begin to have them rethink how they write or tweet. It was good to read about these “wonderings” and to have folks talking about digital inclusion. @brunowinck @Maha4Learning @yinbk are uppercase chars generally easier on dyslexics? #DigiWriMo #a11y — ℳąhą Bąℓi, PhD مها بالي 🌵 (@Bali_Maha) November 6, 2015 @drgbz @40houradjunct…
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Twitter, Online Voice and Safe Learning Spaces
I commented on Mr. Robert Paris’ blog a few days’ ago. It was in response to his concerns about Twitter and how to provide a safe space for students to fail and not be subject to ridicule. My comment was so long that I think it’s worth reproducing on my own blog for others to comment on. Hi, I’m an ALT Labber who is currently teaching an online course (I do not use the term online class as I see an association of a “class” with a physical space). I…
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Designing a Course Worth Learning 3: Course Video Make
Transcript of Video (Google Document) Thinking and talking about the course has turned into action. Yes, UNIV 291 has begun. I did not create a navigation or orientation video because I had provided a lot of instructions on the website. The students didn’t seem to be lost. They knew where to start. I had a Get Started button, to be sure. Most of their questions centered around Learning Activity terms we use in Connected Learning. Were they doing things “right” and questions about social media. Why aren’t my tweets showing…
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This is How I Tweet and Chirp
I use Twitter as part of my work and for professional development. I created an account in 2007 but wasn’t actively participating in the web until ALT Lab came along. I have ways to go but there are several things I’ve learned from using Twitter actively since October 2014. I’ve summarized and illustrated them as 7 big ideas thus far. I get the latest information from my Tweeps/Twends? (Twitter People/Twitter Friends) My Twends tutor me when I need some help. I reflect and wonder out loud on Twitter. Let’s not…
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Hypothes.is for Shared Annotation
A week ago, Laura (my colleague) tweet-alerted me to someone who had annotated my extended comment to her Twitter Journal Club blogpost. @yinbk @SuzanKoseoglu @merryspaniel @JeffreyKeefer – @jgmac1106 added an annotation page to his website http://t.co/BzTIojdw3n #cool #tjc15 — Laura Gogia (@GoogleGuacamole) March 13, 2015 It was Greg McVerry, a supergeek. (He knows all these cool tools I’ve been playing with.) He had responded to my blogpost by annotating and replying to the ideas. Impressive! @yinbk @GoogleGuacamole @SuzanKoseoglu @merryspaniel @JeffreyKeefer A #tjc15 annotation: http://t.co/RP1kx66oYy — Greg McVerry (@jgmac1106) March 13, 2015 Intrigued,…
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A Bold Experiment: Live-Skim-Tweet Journal Article #tjc15
Laura Gogia, a.k.a @GoogleGuacamole, my ALT Lab colleague (NOT a Google App as one of my Twitter friends thought!) invited me to her community’s experiment to live-tweet reading a journal article. I needed little persuasion because #1. I enjoy Twitter chats and #2. I am highly curious and like to learn new things. It turned out to be a thoughtful learning experience.There are 2 dimensions about the event I’m going to highlight in this blogpost and a third one I would need to think a bit more about: 1. The…
