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A couple of years back, we helped a hypnotherapy school take their course into an online format. What…

Great project just wrapping up a learning platform and course design project with CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario)…

Today our morning challenge was to give ourselves  5 minutes to come up with creative learner activities using the…

When we have a presenter who is not confident skilled in public speaking situations then a script and an…

This is key. For talking head situations, we make sure the top of the presenter’s head is very…

For educational contexts especially, the audio is probably more key than the video. Good editing software can disguise…

Lights. Yes we need them. And these days LED lights don’t break the budget. But we’ve learned to…

We need the sound of the clap (or rather the spike on the wave form) for syncing external…

Ok. Promise you won’t admit this to your filmmaker buddies. For most online educational videos, if we film…

The Learning Designer / Director should keep brief detailed notes so that whoever needs to edit the all…

Once everything is set up, during the shoot, you’ll need to be juggling at least the following: 1.…

If we are filming a panel discussion, live workshop or some other event, we need two cameras to…

Our client Crista Cloutier of The Working Artist has had great success with her course among a fast-growing cohort of…

Prior to Valentines Day, one of our kid’s teachers sent home this: “I have spoken to the students…

Some research out of the University of Rochester recently suggests that optimal video length to ensure engagement is…

Please note: This is an abridged version of a previous blog, focussing  here purely on the issue of…

One thing that excites me about the Open Badges movement is how is can help to remedy, rather…

I’m growing weary of traversing online-learning environments. I’ve built them. I’ve used them. I’ve explored them. I’ve got…

A little generational analysis goes a long way in managing teams of disparate ages. But the edges get…

Note: This text is from a larger dissertation. Labeling of figures retains original system. One of the legacies…

One of the less mentioned but absolutely integral aspects of the Open Badges concept is not simply that…

Discourse analysis in the classroom? I think that, at best, discourse analysis in class will be fragmentary and…

Simply, I feel that online learning should be: community anchored peer assessed and peer negotiated expert assessed and…

Online Community Enthusiasts Vancouver Gathering June 14, 2012 I posed the question of what constitutes natural online learning…

I’ve been trying to identify a ‘natural’ approach to the design and facilitation of online learning. That is,…

I just facilitated a short communication strategies course for working professionals for a business training firm. The second…

Fascinating talk by Luis von Ahn on TED. I had no idea about the scope of CAPTCHA, or…

Do teachers act on the findings of educational research? The divide between research and application was brought home…