Category: Educational technology
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Navigating the Innovation Curve: Purposeful Integration of Disruptive Technology
I’m at OLC Accelerate 2023 in DC this week. An annual connection to friends and colleagues paving the way for innovation in digital learning. The Online Learning Consortium has been a home for me since my first conference in 2010. I thoroughly enjoy sharing ideas and learning from others (read:…
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Navigating Digital Innovation: A deep dive into improving access & course delivery with D2L Brightspace
I’m presenting this week at the Association for Continuing Higher Education, Inc. 85th Annual Conference in Charleston, SC. I was asked to present by my colleague, Cristi Ford, at D2L to share a journey I’ve helped to support at Graduate School USA this year with the implementation of D2L Brightspace…
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online vs. blended learning
A fun project to work on in my Online Design & Pedagogy course – the research continues to show the benefit of a blended course as face-to-face connections offer additional depth that has not always been possible in online learning. However, with the invention of synchronous collaboration platforms like MS…
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User Communities for Tech Support
As software-as-a-service (SaaS) tools become more pervasive in the learning technology world, support for these tools continues to evolve. Migrating from a hard copy user manual to a digital handbook and, more frequently, a continually updated web-based help site increases access to support materials in a user-centric way. Interestingly, as…