EMBA Homepage Template Creation Process & “Finished” Product
In this post I want to highlight the process that we used to create the brand spanking new EMBA homepage template in Canvas. So why should you care if you don’t work in the EMBA program? Well, lessons learned in this type of design process can be applied to any...
Cool Tools: WallaMe
Ok, so it’s time that we talked about Pokemon GO, right? Well, sorta. Although I’m a casual PG player myself I don’t have any scintillating insights on how to use that particular tool for education (yet!). However, there are a ton of other augmented reality apps...
Teaching: Field Trippin’ Around Campus
Think about one of your classrooms – how do you like it? Is the lighting wonderful? Does the paint color make you drool? Is the seating arrangement and level of mobility conducive to impromptu dance parties? More importantly, does your classroom space –...
Modern Assessment: Reacting to the Past
Witches in the Classroom On a sweltering June day in Atlanta three young women face the left wall of a nondescript GSU Aderhold building classroom and whisper to each other. Another woman sits at the front of the class regaled in a judge’s robe. The rest of the...
Letting Go: Gamification, Control, and User Perceptions of Design
Recently, I was reading some literature on gamification and came across an interesting idea: Namely, that even if we create a gamified lesson or course we can’t force students to play and enjoy the end product as a game. Students could, instead, view your intricately...
Teaching: Navigating Surveillance and Visibility in the Online Classroom
Dig, if you will, the picture of an online public health professor checking out Zaption analytics. Or, let’s consider a distance learning accounting student who leaves a fantastic instructor review on one of the many online professor rating services. What do these...Why My Presentation Sucked: Part 2
A couple of weeks ago I posted part one of this series. You might want to check that out if you’d like to read my conference proposal – or don’t and just jump in here. All you really need to know is that my presentation concerned competing personal philosophies...Why My Presentation Sucked: Part 1
So I presented at a conference recently and my session reaaaaallly didn’t go over well. Why? Well, I think that my stumbling can be ascribed to several factors. But before I get into why I failed – and what I learned from this failure – I want to tell you...Critical Media Literacy Conference: Two Awesome Sessions
Zombies. Megachurches. Soap Operas. Not your typical academic conference topics – unless, that is, you’re considering the broad field of cultural studies and critical media literacy. In this post I’d like to present a quick intro to critical media studies and...Cool Tools: Clarisketch
Overview Have you ever needed a quick and easy way to annotate and explain a visual concept, plan, or process? If so, Clarisketch is a painless solution to all of your annotation needs. Here’s a quick (and silly) Clarisketch I made in about 15 seconds. Process So...Creative Play at Work and in the Classroom
Joyful Ululations On any given Friday you might walk into the CII and find the Course and Program Design Team drawing for 15 or 20 minutes. More likely than not you’ll see 4 or 5 of us crowded around a small table, scented markers and colored pencils furiously...Teaching: Creating Rapport With Weekly Update Videos
My Experience At a former institution I taught a Freshman Experience course year after year and had a fabulous time. In particular, I found great fulfillment in the deep connections I formed with my students both in and out of class. However, when I taught online for...Contented: Choose Your Own Adventure!
You wake up with a shock in a pitch black room. How did you get here? Although you can’t see a thing the room feels cavernous and drafty. In a panic you decide to stand; unfortunately you bump your forehead painfully on a cold, hard surface inches from your face as...Sequential Art: Improving Student Storytelling/3 Comic Creation Tools
Improving Student Storytelling Skills During the past few decades comics, comic strips, and graphic novels have come into their own as a modern literary genre. More recently, educators have begun incorporating graphic storytelling into the classroom using both...Subscribe by Email
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